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The Montana nonpartisan. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1918-192?, 1919-05-31
BOYCOTT ABSURD

"Of course, the report that we
would be boycotted by Minneapolis
banks was absurd on its face. ! do
not believe any banker in the Twin
Cities will venture, over his own name
or otherwise, to say that his bank, or
the banks of Minneapolis and St. Paul
in general, do not want to do business
with our state. And they would be
saying just that if they said they
would not do business with the Bank
of North Dakota, which will mobilize
the credit of the state and marshal its
financial resources for the benefit not
only Of the people but of our own pri-
vate banks themselves. The Bank of
North Dakota will be the most power
full and Influential financial institu-
ton in the Northwest, and if we can
judge by the interviews we had with
Twin Cities bankers every one of
them is more than willing to open
financial connection with the Bank
of North Dakota. l do not mean to
say by this that the bankers of Min
neapolis and St. Paul have all sud-
denly become enthusiastic for the
farmers idea of state bank, but l
do mean to say that they treated us
with consideration, invited our busi-
ness and assured us of fair deal in
a business way. Not only that, but they
were willing to spare US their time
to give us the advice and suggestions
which we want from all quarters and
all interests to help US formulate the
policies of the new institution.
"Everywhere we found that the real
substantial business men and bank
ers were we'll informed about the
North Dakota bank law and what
steps have been taken to establish the
bank land that the Twin Cities press,
whose hatred and prejudice for every
thing that comes fsom North Dakota
is well known, does not fairly repre-
sent the legitimate business interests
Of st. Paul and Minneapolis, believe
that the legitimate business interests
of the Twin Cities, however, are max
ing mistake in supporting a press
that is doing damage to them by Gre
The Montana nonpartisan. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1918-192?, 1919-05-31

The commission met a short
while ago and formally organized
by electing John NJ. Davis of Bole
as chairman, and although the
provisions of the law gives the
commission power to regulate the
business of public warehousemen,
grain dealers and trackbuyers, it
takes away that power by first Of
all failing to provide penalties,
and secondly by omitting to make
arrangements whereby the CON-
mission could operate at all, for
without money nothing can be
done.
Farmers and wage workers
may take what comfort they can
out of the fact that all other laws
closely touching the interests of
the A. c. NJ, the bankers and
grain buyers in protecting their
business, are invariably ironclad,
while laws put through by poll
ticians to catch the unwary pro-
ducers at the next election and to
serve no other purpose, are in
variably left imperative and in
effective either by the insertion
of joker or the failure to pro-
vide means for carrying the law
into effect. The grain commits
sion law is one of these latter as
the following statement by
Chairman Davis will show:
Chairman Davis, after the
meeting, gave out the state
ment which was concurred in
by Messrs. Connolly and Hunt
the other two members, in
which Mr.. Davis set forth the
obstacles due to the lack of
an appropriation by the legis-
lature, which the commission
would be compelled to over
come.
"In the first place. said
Mr.. Davis, 1.-The bill creating
the commission failed to make
an appropriation to start the
work and there was no pro-
vision made for it in the gen.
eral appropriation measure.
Under the constitution the
commission is prohi oited from
issuing warrants because
there IS no money in the fund
against which the warrants
would be drawn. It was the
supposition, before we had
studied the law, that the IL
cense Of SIS required from
public warehousemen, grain
dealers and track buyers
would cover every elevator in
the state. There are about
1000 elevators in Montana
and something like 200 grain
dealers and track buyers and
this would have given us quite
The Montana nonpartisan. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1918-192?, 1919-05-31
~ D. Bank Officials Find
Reserve Bank Friendlu

NEWSPAPER REPORTS AS FALSE-QUESTION
ING NATIONAL BANK SYSTEM UNDECIDED
BISMARCK N. D-Sa officials the
Dakota who
back word that the report that Minneapolis banks will
entirely false
of the Norris secretary
the industrial commission
Federal Reserve bank Minneapolis
St Paul. details Of SYSTEM
looked furniture vaults safes other
the bank offered recently bids
Fargo firms.
with
the workings of the
everywhere with
Ihe Minneapolis
ied article stating Minneapolis
with the Bank Of North when open
Minneapolis and St. Paul as
well Void the
Quamme Of the land bank The
these said without bringing
the pe. about boeotng the Bank North Dakota
Minneapolis banks where visited committee Of prominent bank
the
mentso Of he purpose of Bank Of North Dakota
The Montana nonpartisan. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1918-192?, 1919-05-31

a fund to carry on the bust
ness Of the commission.
Fund Looks Slim.
However, a study of the
law by Attorney General
Ford has revealed the fact
that a license is not requir-
ed for each elevator operated
in the state, but that the
company or corporation oper-
ating a number Of elevators,
is required to take out but
one license, which covers all
the elevators under its con-
troll. A result Of this defici-
ency in the law, the best the
commission can hope for un-
der the license system, is
somewhere in the neighbor-
hood Of $4,000 in receipts.
As the law provides for the
appointment of a chief grain
inspector at 5000 a month,
for the appointment of depu
ties at $125 per month, and
for scale testers, it will be
seen that this $4,000 will not
60 very far in carrying out
all of the provisions Of the
law.
However, under the opin-
ion of the attorney general,
the commission has the power
to regulate the business of
public warehousemen, grain
dealers and track buyers, the
attorney general holding pen
alties provided in the law of
1917 were not repealed by the
act of 1919. Under this inter-
probation we have adopted
rules and regulations cover
ing the operators referred to
and believe that we will be
thus enabled to protect the
interests of producers.
Can't Go to Great Falls.
1.-THE law provides that the
main office Of the commission
shall be at Great Falls. This
provision of the law we will
not be able at present, to OBJ
serve, because there is no
money with which to rent an
office and furnish it. The
law provides, however, that
the commission can meet at
different places, so our meet
ings until we are financially
able will be held at the capitol
in Helena
The above report taken frol
ne of the chief gang papers
he state, the Helena Independer
which by the way supported a
his stuff when it was being pr
through the legislature, needs n
urther comment, except to ono
Continued on Page Two)
The Montana nonpartisan. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1918-192?, 1919-05-31
LABOR ENTERS PRIMARY FIGHT
To Those Circulating Petitions

Indications that every trivial little technical point will
be scrutinzed with the by making the
count Of and every essential item dragged
will the purpose Of cancel signatures
This has happened very often in past but not 60
ing to happen again and organization foresa
No possible must be left for the odgment of
cut from the lists any real eector.
We going to ask you therefore from SEND
YOU FILLED UP PETITIONS DIRECT TO THE STATE
OFFICE AS SOON AS THEY ARE READY Get as many sig
natures you and then fire them AND
DO THE REST.
Mail them to Box 1926 Great Falls
SECRETARY, REFERENDUM DEPARTMENT.
The Montana nonpartisan. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1918-192?, 1919-05-31

coming within 80 votes of electing
it's candidate for mayor. It has
since that date been busily at
work upon organization and is
now exerting it's full strength in
circulating and managing the pc
tition campaign in the city, as the
Nonpartisan league is doing in the
country.
The Citizen Labor Club.
The Citizen Labor Club plans
to extend it's strength throughout
the state and to organize branch
clubs in every city and town
where union labor men congre-
gate, with the object in view of
working side by side with the
lNonpartisan League for the con-
quest of political control of this
state. "The workers have come
alive to the necessity of close Or
ganization with the farmers in
this necessity of the political
game" said Chairman Dave j.
Ryan. in opening the meeting.
And the Citizen Labor Club is
the means whereby this is to be
accomplished"
Signing Petitions.
The campaign launched at Sun
days meeting resulted in a large
number Of signers to the petitions
and the establishing of precinct
committee in each political sub
division to carry the work furth-
er. Hundreds of union men and
women are at work already and
many others have signified their
willingness to come in and help.
Things are getting lively in the
r.ss9itical arena and it is confident
ly foretold that the referendum
will be carried with overwhelm-
ing success.
The Press.
| One of the noteworthy phrazes
of the situation is the total silence
OF the press. Although the meet
ing in Great Falls was one of the
utmost Importance to the state at
large and although it was address
ell by one Of the most outstanding
figures in the political arena to-
day, in this part Of the U. S. abso-
lutc silence was all thot the work
ing people Of Great Falls and this
state got from the Copper press.
This is to be expected for it is
well known that already they rea-
lize something has slipped in their
|plans and that today the people
of North Dakota, Minnesota, Mon
tana and a number of other states
have provided themselves with an
efficient watchdog in the Non
partisan league so that hence
forth it will be no easy task to
put something over on the wage
workers and farmers. The end
Of that sort Of thing is in sight for
good.
The Montana nonpartisan. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1918-192?, 1919-05-31
NO PROVISION FOR FUNDS IN
GRAIN GANG COMMISSION LAW
CANNOT FUNCTION MUST DIE
A Good Sample Of "copper" Farmer" Work

The enemies the Nonpartisan league who maintained during
the last that legislation beneficial could be
tanned by lobbying and supporting good politician
doubt this time laughing their sleeves the that
which handed people who do not have powerful
the floor without
League coopera
tn oed farmer politicians have be fake affairs from
first
that herd absolutely useless protect
openly said that the elevator bill designed
enough begin
and the lauded grain commission law and with the
organizing
ionfo +ha of the made
The Montana nonpartisan. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1918-192?, 1919-05-31

Richland, Haaland Of Hill and SON
mined that this must stop. So they
Primary and return to the old ceny
to absolutely dictate who shall be
Of Montana, workingmen and farm
is your duty to yourselves and to
tempt-is overwhelmingly defeated.
With these ringing words B. X.
Wheeler closed an inspiring adj
dress before a large crowd assem-
bled in Carpenters hall OH Sun
day night last, to take up the mat
ter of circulating petitions to re-
fer the bill abolishing the Primary
to the 1920 election.
Mr.. Wheeler who had been in
yited to speak by the Citizen La
Dor Club of Great Falls was listen
ed to with rapt attention and
thunderously applauded. His
trenchant attack upon the Cop
per crowd and his open fearless
excoriation of corrupt officials
and gangster tactics, found a
quick response in the hearts of his
listeners not one of whom left the
hall during the entire program.
II suppose many of you have
come to see what l look like, and
if by any chance I have brought
any dynamite along with me, -
Wheeler began, ''But you may
rest quite easy for | do not carry
round such things even if the
Butte Miner and the rest of the
Copper press swear daily that I
do. I am here to tell you that you
must save the Primary, or Mr.. AL
ley of Butte who's business it is to
say who shall and who shall not
be appointed to public office in
this state will become absolute
master Of the situation, and Mr..
Alley is the agent of the A. G. NJ.
need | tell you more.
The A. G. M. the speaker
continued, "Has been respon-
sible for the ruination of more
young men in this state than
all the other agencies of cor
ruption put together. They
have captured them as they
came for the first time to the
legislature and made them
their servile tools, by one
means or another, and I say to
you my friends, that only by
the preservation of the Pri-
mary so that such as you send
of your own shall not be left
there a few unsupported and
weak, but shall presently find
themselves in the majority
will you make any impression
on the great copper monster
which so ruthlessly rules the
state.
The meeting which was held I'M
der the auspices of the Citizen
Labor Club is the first of mum
ber planned by that institution
for the purpose of bringing to the
workers Of the city a clearer un-
derstanding Of the necessity Of
political action for themselves. 1t
was organized just prior to the
city elections and succeeded in a
brief and scientific campaign in
The Montana nonpartisan. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1918-192?, 1919-05-31
C111z[ :: YOR Club MEETINGS
OPEN <: X: ?A|GN IN GREAT FALLS
WHEEL =. :: ives POWERFUL TALK
Says Montana Voters Must Save Primary

feel duty to and to tell you that you
not let them take the Primary from this There conspiracy
aoat to exclude working and
legislation individual the COM
Of late men have been creeping by Of the Primary
whom the could deal with
ined principal such Valley Butte Anderson Of
Richland Haaland of Hill and others the A.
mined that this So they have cooked plan
Primary return the old convention system whereby expect
absolutely dictate who shall be elected shall People
Montana worngmen farmers this
duty and to poster that this
te1npt overwhelmingly defeated,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-07-02

pared with the January, 1918, total of $685.
BOIL. Out of the 1853 cities reporting SO
show gains as against rs showing losses.
Cities in the eastern section of the coun-
try show a loss of 10 per cent for January,
1919, compared with the same period last
year; 81 out of 62 cities report gains. Cities
in the Middle States report loss of ID per
cent, rs out of 48 cities showing gains; west
ern cities report 16 per cent loss, 10 out of 20
cities showing gains; and southern cities re-
port loss of only per cent Fl out of 80
cities showing gains.
This is an improvement over the past few
months, and conditions indicate increasing
activity. Strikes and other causes which
hinder building will very shortly be settled,
and the country can look forward to the
greatest building revival in it's history.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-07-02
Building Activity in i. S.

Beyond question, the building situation
is improving. There is still considerable pes
simism but in the main building departments
of various cities throughout the country look
expectantly forward to constantly improving
conditions.
Country and suburban towns as whole
will probably feel the stimulus sooner and to
a greater extent than will the big cities.
This is due to the fact that the housing short
age is acute in all sections of the country,
perhaps the greatest shortage being resi-
dences. Naturally building will resume first
in the direction where exists the greatest
shortage, and that is dwellings.
The country as whole shows loss of ID
per cent, 169 cities reporting; during Janu-
airy, 1919, permits issued show the total est-
mated construction to be 1928, 026, as COM
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-07-02
J.: D! .. N. NOW
"Production Depends on Construction
U. S. Dept. Of Labor, w. B. Wilson, Secretary.

There are few localities which are not
behind in their building program, and our
city is perhaps as far behind as the ma
jority. The work is there. 1t is waiting
for you to develop it by convincing peo-
pie that it is advisable to build now.
Connersville, Huntington, Fl. Wayne,
and South Bend, and many other Indi-
ana and Ohio cities and towns have an
nounced building programs which involve
the erection of hundreds of homes. We
can do this in Richmond.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-07-02

There are few progressive commun-
tiles which are not waiting for conditions
to pick up. Instead, they are so imbued
with the spirit of get-aheadiveness that
they are making every effort to stimulate
local building now. And they are sue
ceeding. Richmond can do the same.
Live movements need only leader to
overcome the natural inertia that binds
the populace. Given such leader, one
who will bend every effort to stimulate
activity, and business will boom beyond
the widest expectations.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-07-02

The this house unusual pleasing The covered
comfortable The of the wide
and large fireplace abroad arhway between living and dining
The latter being bright pleasant with bay Pantry both dining
and Kitchen do has door leading hail. Three bedrooms
sewing and bath second floor.
Clyde SmihAd amsA Architect
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-18
Getting Up The Winter WOOD

I've heard dozen farmers say
They'd ruther cut and cart their hav.
n any season, bad or good.
Than CHOP and haul their Winters
wood:
With all our tools, It's quite a chore
To lug a tree a mile or more:
1t takes lot Of knocks aud nerve.
a lot Of yigor, vim and verve.
To move against a maple grove
And make 1t fl the kitchen stove
These woodlot antics FIRST begin
BY what is known as breaking in ''
You'd better likely use the stays
They sorter like the snow and snagg.
You Whoa Hush round Jest where
You please,
And gee and haw amongst the trees
And them You kinder guess you1l cul
You look at sharp from branch 10 bua
You can't set down and chew cove
And let your wood hunt up your stove
Your hired man has worked his time
And so you send for Jonas Prime
To help you chop; but Jone can't
come,
He's got felOn on his thumb:
You have to hire that little chap
That some call Poly others "Nan"
slim help YOU say, Ibis three.
pound axe
Can deal but few and feeble whacks"-
How drab your thoughts, murkv
drove,
You wish you'd Hever owned a stovel
Next day as you aud Poly go
To strike the pre-initial blow.
You notice that he got a bit
And fuse and candy In his kit.
You single out big o d tree
And say, GO to il; one, two, three %
Then Poly makes his bitstock spin,
And sticks a stick OF candy in.
And then a noise, as though your
grove
Had lit on top the kitchen stove
Before the sun has left the SKY
He's leyolcd half your years supply;
You're pleased to death and up and
say
You'll pay him all no asks per day,
But thus he lays you on the shelf
'Mo chop par cord and cal maself."
"All right" you shout, as Po.Y scores,
And off you start to do the choret,
A.guessing out how Frenchmcn throyc
In days before the kitchen stoya
You get along With Poly lae.
Like Zeus. his actions show design
Il sometimes makes your wallet thnmb
The way he CORDS around sMmp.
II ruther tires your measuring nerve
TO have to measure round a curve.
But anyway, you've conquered aAno
And sled-length wood and Jonas
Prime
How. bright your thoughts connolly
drove
You wish YOU owned another stove.
Daniel J.. CadH
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-18
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-18
LETTER FROM WALTER COLE
North Bennington ecy. "a Of Mumps,
Writes Home.

Waiter 4 Co.e a North Bennington
boy. VINO nas been In active Service
with the american Expediionary
Force. omewhere in France. has writ.
ten ID Fred c. Warner Of Nor.h Ben
snston the following;
Dear friend Fred
am in a field hospital with the
mumps and have been having it pretty
easy. I.came in here Dec. 4, and ex
peet 10 be back wi9l my conNanr il
a few days. I haxen't had thoun Very
hard. My face wasn't swollen hardly
any, so consider myself pretty lucky
sure was lucky when | came out Of
the big drive that / was in. / vas in
1t for nearly a month, and believe me
l saw some terrible sights ana didn't
get hardly a scratch, but got gassed
or 6 times and could hardy talk for
a couple of weeks. but | guess | VIII
be alright in a little while. Ii all
seemed to settle in my throat But ]
can tell the world, Fred, that I've
done my bit and helped to lick the
dirty Huns and show them that they
couldn't fight. Believe me, Fred, the
American boys are the ones that made
them sign the Armistice They never
stood any show at all after the
Americans got them out OF the
trenches. They kept them on the run
all the time, and when they started
the Germans threw away their guns
and helmets and every thing they had
and couldn't so fast enough, and be.
lieve me they can 90 some when the
Americas are after them.
/ would like to tell you all about Il
and all that J have been through. but
it would fl quite a big book. I wiz
tell YOU about Ii wien get back home
which hope will be soon. And II
what we hear now is true / think thai
we will be home by the first of Feb
ruary, and they can't load me on tia
ship any too quick 20 suit me. Be
lieve me have seen enough Of what
they call Sunny France and the wal
too. don't want to ever hear OF an
other one. You can 20 to the moving
pictures and see pictures Of the war
and think how terrible 1t must be but
you miss the worst part of it when
you are not right in it under machine
gun fire with shrapnel flying around
Just as thick as hail in a hail storm
and gas shells bursting al around
you. When you go through hat stuff
hunting Germans like ] used 70 hunt
rabbits back home. you know you
have been through something. I'm
not kidding you.
! suppose every one was glad the
day that the Armistice was SIGNED
but they were not any happier than
was after going through what did
and to think that / wouldn't have e
go. through it again. Just wait Fred
until hit the good old L. S. A. once
more. | won't be afraid Of anytime
or anyone the rest CT my life after
hunting Germans.
Well Fred how are all the boys get
ting along hope to be with Won all
in short time and ] think yin.
remain as ever
Private Walter A. Cole
Co. +, 10th Reg't Inf
a. RI o. 765 A. T.. r.