The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-12-30

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DAKOTA ! BANKERS Al X
ssIn localities where there is sur
plus, of farm products some portion
should be put on the market to help
relieve the financial situation. This
Is the meat of Governor Frazier's ad-
dress Of December 18th. To the citi-
zens Of North Dakota" And he adds
this: 81 would suggest that county
agents lend their assistance by ascer-
tanning just what products could be
most advantageously disposed Of from
time to time in various communi-
ties,
Thus the plain spoken farmer-gov-
ernor Of North Dakota makes sin
cere effort to put thru the co-opera-
ton the bankers have been begging
for, and in this effort the Governor.
has had the full backing Of Commits
sioner Of Agriculture & Labor, John
N. Hagen and Attorney General Elect
William Lemke, as we'll as that OF
State Examiner Lofthus and all other
members Of the League administra-
tion. The Nonpartisans have more
than done their part toward the Co
operation. pleaded for, proving once
again that they are willing to risk
their personal fortunes in the peoples
service. They have not only talked;
they have acted.
We do not say that the bankers will
not do as well toward carrying out
their end of the cooperation they urg-
ed as so necessary for the welfare Of
the whole people, but when their prin-
cipal organs meet Governor Frazier's
,unselfish appeal with serpent rtongued
editorials based on such assertions as
the following from the Fargo Forum:
"But before we decide to pour $6,-
100000 more into the Bank of North
Dakota, the state elevator and mill,
the home builders department, from
the sale of state bonds, we should
first await the complete report on
these Industries" they will pardon us,
we trust, if we ask them where the
farmers will come in on the deal?
This question we are in duty bound
to ask and have answered satisfactor-
lily if farmer-labor interests are to be
protected. g &rs
The Bank Of North Dakota may be,
as these gang editors assert. "Of no
more use to North Dakota than .
second tail to a calf" but we noticed
that it was to the Director General of
this "second tail" bank that all the
little bankers rushed for help in their
hour Of desperate need; and now,
when the Bank of North Dakota has
done what they could not possibly do.
Steadied credit and acted as pow
erful break on the panic precipitated
by the initiated laws, are we to un-
derstand that the promise Of these
bankers, freely given, to raise the So
100000 in question is not to be kept :?
We are loath to believe these sheets
speak for the majority Of the bank
ers but it is up to them to prove that
they do not, and the only way they
can, prove it to the farmers is by
works, not by words, for the farmers
have fed on their words until it is al
most impossible to make them swal-
low another syllable thereof.
In saying this it is not our intention
to stir up useless antagonism, but we
have talked to farmers from all Sec
tions of the state and we know the
bankers will either keep their prone
ise to sell the $4,000, 900 bonds for>the
Bank Of North Dakota, or they will
lose the last shred Of confidence the
farmers have in them, and we have
not been talking to league farmers
only, either. What the farmers want
to zee is less platitude and more "hon-
est TO God" action, and they are going
TO get relief one way or another.
In conclusion the League admins
tration always has been and is now,
y Of, by and for the farmers and work
ers;- Il is because it is such that it has
and is showing reasonablapess in all
it's efforts to serve the common good,
and II can be counted on not to do
anything that will injure the farmers
I and workers in particular and to
!. stand up at all times for the general
welfare. Let all others do likewise
and North Dakota win be the first
state ii the union to come out OF the
credit blockade and, we hope. free Tor.
ever economically.
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