The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1920-04-16

nished by special interests to corrupt
| the electorate and chloroform tho
public conscience?
Are you in favor of the Passage OF
l q bonus bill for the soldiers of tic
World War which will make up &c
them the difference between theii
civilian wages ard the wages they re-
ceived i'm the military service, and If
| SO are you in favor OF the levyinS of
| q TAX on incomes in excess of $25, 900
to pay this bonus?
Are you in favor of the repeal OF
the excess profits tax, now being de-
manded by the big corporations and
the spreading of the tax on the neces-
stiles OF the working people?
Are you still in favor of carryin !
out the program of the Nonpartisan
League, which favored state-owned
elevators, packing houses, mills and
cold storage plants, as announced in
the Republican platform adopted at
Sioux Falls in July, 1918? If not,
why?
Ii you favor the North Dakota pro-
gram, why did you contribute money
to defeat the men who were seeking
to carry in out?
If thestate Industries advocated by
your party in 1918 were good in July
when your platform was adopted. aad
good again in November, after the
people had approved them, why wcre
they not good the following January
after the people had chosen you and
your party to carry them out?
If this program is too Socialists"
to suit Yonr taste now, what is the
reason it was not too socialistic to
suit you when you were hunting for
Nonpartisam League votes in 1918?
If, as you are alleged to hold, the
people are not yet ready for this pro-
gram, will you inform us what peo-
pie you refer to? Is it the people
in Minneapolis, who benefit from
their monopoly on our wheat market,
the people" of Sioux City and Chi
cago, who monopolize the i've stock
market, or is it the people of South
Dakota, who said they favored .his
program the last time they took
vote OH the question?
If it is desirable to mine our own
coal, to manufacture our own cement
and develope our own water power. is
it not more desirable to manufacture
our own food products within tlle
state, save the cost of transportation
and the waste of distribution which
takes annually from our farmers and
stOckmen millions of dollars and give:
it to the market monopolists in out
side cities?
Why increase taxes for somethYs
that costs money, and refuse to do
anything to increase the incomes OF
the people who pay the taxes?
Do you justify the action of your
administration in increasing the taxes
on property of the people $7,127,-
6tS.S0. while the taxes of corpora
tions were increased only $S,O82.2S:
How. does it happen that your pol
itical friends, who are not farmers at
all, can get loans from the rural cred
its board when the law provides that
only actual farmers shall have the
benefit of such loans?
These are questions that are vital
and fundamental. They cannot long
er be lodged. They must be met.
Will you meet them before the people
and give your confidence to those
whose votes ;y0u are asking?
] suggest that one debate be held
in each county seat in the state. ri
await an early answer, when terms
and dates may be arranged.
am giving this challenge to tho
press and shall be pleased to make
public your reply to the same.
Respectfully yours"