The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1920-01-30

will take the taxes orr the lCSlel
and barns and orchards and fences
Of the men that are there and raise
the taxes Of the men that are moi
there. We will take the taxes Oft
the values created 10y the man him
/ self and put the taxes on the values
created by the community" That
was SO popular that it stuck. We
/ carried it TO q referendum vote IN
I changing the Constitution aud II
was adopted by vast majority. II
went into effect last July. II Is I'M
operation I'm North Dakota. The ola
gang referred seven of our laws 10
referendum and held up lheli
going into action until that reIereH-
dunn could be held All that We're
referred were adopted. This was
not referred. Why not? Because
the four fellows who didn't like II
and were opposed TO it-and the SIX
fellows that liked it voted and four
fellows submitted because they did
mt live in the state and couldn't
vote. / don't mean they didn't com
plain. They used certain words that
occur i'm the New Testament nut
not i'm the same connection. They
extended their campaign then 10
Washington, and | presume you
have run across the man IN IA poor
room telling you that he is farmer
from North Dakota and that the
legislation is Just utterly running
the state. lie will tell you that he
is a TAXPAYER Probably he is Inc
taxpayers that live there Ike it, The
taxpayers that don't live there don I
like il. | ran across one in Wash
ington lust the other day. He told
la League organizer that if they put
the League over this state will be
as badly off as North Dakota. How
badly Off is North pakota?" why
the taxes are going up terribly
guess YOU have been misinformed.
NO, I have got the receipts right
here There is my tax receipt, SeN-
enteen dollars a year ago ana $'s
this year The organizer looked
at the tax receipts and said, why
that seems to be all right The
farmer who was with him knew the
man he was talking to. How much
Hand did you own there % Three
Quarters" What sort of house
have you got on it?' Not any
What sort of improvements? HOW
much has been plowed >" mot any
"When do you expect to live on TINS
IIand?" "Not any" when do you
expect to go to North Dakota % -
am not going there" "Why did
you buy this land?" Il bought il
for speculation" THAT is right
said the farmer; pay the specu-
lator's taxes" The farmer that
| lives in New Orleans or Boston and
owns land in North Dakota is Ger
tain North Dakota has been absO-
lutely ruined. for every time he
sends 500 he says it is driving all
! the money out of the state. That is
the way the Nonpartisan League is
running the state.
Monopoly of Transportation
You said the next great monopoly
is the monopoly in transportation
Have the League farmers done any
thing about that? 1t is pretty diff
ficult to handle the problem OF
transportation in one State.
They have lowered the freight
rates by state law. The only place
where freight rates have come down
| is where the law has lowered them
! in North Dakota. They have pu'
the fun crew on the railroad trains
ON the railways by state law. The
national administration said mo, we
don't" but they changed their minC
the other day and said Yes. we do
! They passed a law by which the
| railroad workers in the shops have
shops to work in. In most states
they run the car on the side tracl
and repair it there North Dakota
| is one state whore the repair WORK
goes on under cover.
We admit we can't solve the prob
| lem That is national question
Have any of the men here ever