Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1920-07-16

We pledge that the truth shall be told
| to the people of this district regarding
! the Babcock Good Road Amendment, the
adoption of which is so essential to the
| welfare of our people Transportation
| is one of the most vital questions of the
| hour The transportation system of the
| country are today wholly inadequate and
from this inadequacy the farmer suffers
| most keenly. Other means must be pro-
vided in this state for the moving or
the products to markets. A system or
hard surfaced highways over which the
products of the farm may be moved -
Of such paramount Importance to our.
people that we pledge the full might OF
our party in the campaign for the adop-
ton Of Amendment No. 1. The cost OF
construction and maintenance or TINS
[ system OF highways will be paid from
! funds derived from taxes on autono-
biles and grants from the federal gov
eminent. @
/ We condemn autocracies, whether of
capital or labor. The man who charges
Iunconscionable profits in common with
| the man who shirks his duty and does
not give an honest days work should
be regarded as enemies of society, Wig
orously prosecuted and their practice re-
ceive the universal condemnation of the
people.
| Inasmuch as the state is threatened
with lack of fuel for the coming whit
err we urge upon state and federal auth
critics the necessity for prompt action
| that we may have assurances that our
people will be supplied with coal for
! the coming winter, and we urge the de-
velopment of cur water powers in this
state.
We do not believe in class movements
| nor class politics. We do believe in
community life, in a league of neighbors
of town and country; the development of
| country life along lines of mutually and
neighborly comradship that the vital
problems Of the hour may best be solved
| by our people working together as
| friends and not separated into contend
! ing groups. Farmers and townsmen
must labor comparatively to the end that
| the producer may be given a square deal
| in the marketing of farm products Let
us Danish from this district foreign
disseminators of hate and prejudice and
welcome all efforts from whatsoever
source to quiet unrest; tell the truth and
| solve our problems in a robust, harm
| onious intelligent way.
Let ours be program of construction
and affirmation away with all programs
| of negation and obstruction.
The line between producer and con-
sumner should be shortened, and as a
| forward step in that direction we ap-
| prove the VolStead collective bargain
! ing act and the organization of cooper
alive associations among farmers for
handling their products and endorse the
act of the 1919 Legislature creating the
State Department Of Agriculture of
which Hon. N. J. Holmberg, that able,
conscientious and splendid farmer of
Renville County is the Commissioner.
The business of farming should be
stimulated and perfected and to this
end we unqualifiedly endorse the Amer
lean Farm Bureau Federation, The State
| Farm Bureau Federation and it's
branches in the several counties of this
state. We hold the Farm Bureau Fed
GRAFTON as the most potent factor in
the life of rural America, recognizing
| that it is non-political and actually in
terested in the welfare of the farmer.
| We believe in the pure food law and
would urge it's counterpart in the en-
actment of pure fabric law, that every
garment offered for sale be sold upon
its merits, for just what it is. This is
a time for honest dealing and honest
profits and any means of saving the
masses from Misrepresentation and
| fraud deserves support and commenda-
ton and the nominee of this convention
| is pledged to work for such a law