The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-02
TILLEY SPEAKS
FOR TITTEMORE
Outagamie County Farmer
Pleads Cause of Society
of Equity.
HECKLERS ANNOY HIM


ton of the American Society of Equi-
tvs plans, Frank Tilley of Outagamie
county, Wisconsin, speaking in behalf
of James Nelson Tittemore, Republican
candidate for governor, addressed a
group of Kenoshans at Market square
Monday evening. He explained the pur-
pose and accomplishm ents of the
Equity society and told that it was not
in any way to be associated with the
Non-Partisan League which he branded
at traitorous. Mr.. Tilley also ex-
planned his candidates stand on the
railroad question, the disposition of
political prisoners, and the matter of
the initiative, referendum and recall.
He insisted that the farmers are
only receiving AZ cents on the dol
lar that is paid in the city for their
produce, whereas in Denmark and 9TH
er European countries the farmers re-
ceived as high as 80 cents for each
one dollars worth of their goods sold
in town. Farms are going into ten
antry and land is going up" he said.
''This is your problem. To cope with
this situation the American Society of
Equity has been formed, union of the
farmers. We teach cooperation, based
on cost of production, plus reason
able profit"
What Society Proposes.
"The society proposes TO form food
trust with a coordinated storage, ship
ping and banking system, directed by
Ill 4
posed of farmers, laboring and profess
sional men. Authority will be vested
in marketing director who may in
vestigate supply and demand and de-
termine storage and shipping ques-
tions."
The speaker criticized the present
marketing law severely. "Yo1 have a
marketing director" he said, "but he
can't determine the price of peck of
peanuts. At the time the law was
passed, Tittemore wanted it worded to
provide authority for the director
to investigate the cost Of production,
but the law as it was passed only per-
mits him to investigate the question of
the cost of production and gives him
power to determine nothing"
FavOrs Marketing Law.
Mr.. Tilley contended that an admin
istration of Equity society officials
would complete the marketing law so
that the marketing director could con-
troll storage and shipping and assure
prompt, regular and efficient supply.
Farmers are not profteers," he said.
IF they had not robbed their women
and children for the last sixty years,
they would not own their land today.
For this reason young people are leav-
ing the farms and unless the condition
can be remedied, would advise them
to do so for their own sakes" Here
Mr.. Tilley interposed few words Of
criticism of the mail order houses,
urging the cooperative system not only
for people of the farm but for the
cities as we'll.
Denounces Non-Partisan League.
The speaker made it very clear that
the American Society of Equity was
not in any way associated with or akin
to the Non-Partisan League, whose in
stigators he denounced as traitors,
claiming that there never was an hon
est Non-P Partisan League leader. "They
have fooled the farmers" he said. 81
would hate to pay from $12 to $18 for
the privilege of voting the Non-Parti-
san ticket"
The Equity society members, he said,
would cooperate with the laborers in
the city in securing for them an eight
h,1A ,n.L4 ! 1
not suffice the farmers. 1t would be
used by them, however, as a basis for
cost of production. e
Against Plumb Plan.
II am for government ownership Of
railroads, but I am against that hybrid
thing, the Plumb plan" Mr.. Tilley
explained the Plumb plan and said that
he had authoritative information that
$4,000 had been sent into this state
to "stir up" the farmers and silence
such leaders as Gompers, Tittemore
and others. II am against the Esch-
Cummins bill, because l believe that
every man has the individual and per-
sonal right to stop work, whenever he
pleases," he said.
Regarding political prisoners, Mr..
Tilley said that though it was a
federal question rather than state.
he would mention it. In case friends
of prisoner believed his trial had
been unfair, the speaker believed it
should be reopened at public expense,
as no man should be incarcerated I'M
justly. II believe in law and order,
and once man has been fairly con-
victed, let him serve his due"
In conclusion he asked the voters to
think carefully. He again repeated his
cost of living issue and said, "If we
solve this problem, we will have done
more than all the governors and presi-
dents so far"
During and after his speech Mr..
TilIey was challenged on statements
made about the Non-Partisan League.
In some cases he gave pertinent replies
to the hecklers and silenced them; in
others he was noticeably embarrassed
and begged the question.
The j. /. Case Threshing Machine
company, operating the two largest
plants in Racine and employing over
$500 men, on Monday began closing
production DEPARTMENTS. LAYING off