Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-06-10

North Dakota movement has already
spread throughout the northwest and
is practically certain in the near flu
ture to include all the farmers of the
entire country. That is why, Big Blu.
siness is massing all its forces
against the program in this State.
That is why North Dakota farmers
need all their courage, their loyalty
to their organization and their proves
ability to stick. more than they ever
needed them before. That is why
every individual farmer in North Da-
kota must recognize more than ever
that this is his ight-a fight for the
right to own and to enjoy the fruits
of his own labor. A fight that he,
with other League members, has
waged so successfully that the enc
mics of industrial justice have now
massed their entire forces in a last
desperate attempt to head off and to
delay this movement towards state
ownership of credit and marking IA
cilities, until they can find a way to
control it.
So then, Mr.. Farmer, it is up to
you. You won the election of 1918.
You elected representatives to enact
your program into law, and state
officials upon whom you could depend
to carry cut those laws. Your rep.
res~entatives in the 1919 legislatures
followed your instructions. The men
you elected to state Offices are hon
estly and efficiently. carrying out your
program. The Industrial Commits
sion which was created by the Legis.
lature to carry out your industrial
program has organized The Bank of
North Dakota, which has aready made
more progress in the making of farm
loans than any similar institution
ever made during the first year of it's
existence. The Mill and Elevator
Association has been organized. 1t
has bought and is operating an ex-
detrimental mill, which is proving the
practicability of state milling and
the value of it's services to the far
mers and the people Of the state. 1t
has made plans and let the contract
for the building of a thoroughly
modern elevator and milling plant
| within the State-in short. as much
progress towards the building the
state terminal elevators and mills has
been made as could reasonably be ex-
pected, even though there had been
no opposition to the program. The
Bank of North Dakota and the ex-
detrimental mill are already self-sup-
porting. In fact there is a strong
probability that their earnings will
cover the entire cost of organizing
and putting into operation all the
state Industries SO far. And this
in spite of the fact that millions of
dollars have been thrown into the
Big Business slush fund for the de-
feat Of your program; and all the
forces of the old gang politicians in
the state have been directly or indi.
rectly in the employ of these in
terests; that causes wholly outside of
the Industrial program have %neceesi-
tated heavy increases in taxes; and
that crop failures yer a considerable
portion of the state have greatly de-
creased the ability OF the farmers to
pay taxes.
So the situation looks good-ex-
ceedingly good. But remember that
all that has been accomplished is due
to the fact that the farmers have
loyalty supported their organization,
have contolled the state government
and have stood solidly behind the men
they have elected to carry out their
program. The farmers have stuck
and they are winning--but the fight
isn't won yet. Victory for ownership
Of the facilities upon which. success
full farming depends is certain; but
victory for the peoples control OF
the governments that are going tc
operate these industries depends en-
tirely upon the power the people
have, and upon their loaylty to the
organizations. That is where North
Dakota counts for most. both for hel
own future and for that of the entire
country. That is why the organized
farmers of North Dakota now hold il
their hands the future of all Ameri.
can farmers and all American indus.
try. That is why the winning of this
fight which we are engaged in right
now in NofthDakota means a victory
for industrial justice-victury for de
mocracy-for all the farmers of tn,
Nation and for all the people; ant
that is why the loss of this fgh
means a set back for possibly man,
years in the struggle for industrial
justice.
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