The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1920-05-21
N.P.L. CONVENTION AIT
HURON GIVES CAUSES OF
UNREST INDECLARATI0N
POINTS OUT THAT MONOPOLY is COUNTRY'S
WORST ENEMY--NATIONAL SERVICE PAR
TY CONSTRUCTED TO ERADICATE EVIL
AND PLACE COUNTRY UPON A
SOUND ECONOMIC BASIS

AMI ILhNE w
SOUND ECO
At the convention of the Nonpar-
tisan League party held in the opera
house at Huron on May II after the
fullest possible discussion of mat
ters, the following declaration was
written, setting forth the causes fol-
the present unrest showing that
monopoly is the basic causess A
platform for the National Service
party, constructed with a view OF
eradicating the cause of the evil
and placing the nation upon
sound economic basis was also ad.
opted. The platform follows the
declaration.
To the People of the United States
1. Agriculture and stock raising
is on the decline, because cost OF
production cannot be realized by
those engaged in the industries.
2. Greedy grain gamblers and
packer and miller monopolists con
troll the market for agricultural
staples, to the impoverishment OF
both producer and consumer.
.S. The food supply of the natior
. is imperiled because of the .monop.
oily control of the machipery by
which the raw products are convert.
ed into finished food.
a. Bank credits. the collective pro-
perty of the people, is being restrict
ed for productive purposes, while
gamblers and bond manipulators
wallow in abundant funds.
S. Bank monopoly is now calling
loans, restricting credit and con.
tracing the currency, with the eft
: feet of enhancing the value of the
dollar and increasing the burden O.
debts created by war. initiation.
S. Monopoly restricts our fuel
supply, while it degrades the men
who mine the coal. driving them
into their pits with bayonets, and
imprisoning them for seeking theil
rights in the only way. available to
them. Meantime the country is
constantly on the Verge of a fue,
famine.
~. Monopoly controls lumber.
browbsats labor In the forests, and
foments riots and mass assassina
tion, while millions OF those who
need homes are deprived thereof
because of the prohibitive price o.!
lumber.
s. Monopoly controls iron, insti-
tutes c- i:,t system of terrorism
restricts production, overturns the.
laws Of the land. cheats the govern
ment and EFFORTS unearned millions
in dividends on watered stocks and
bonds.
9. Monopoly secretly seeks con-
troll of our educational system, to
the end that the minds Of the youth
may be moulded to support an inn
perialistic system Of business and
government. Users of text books
are wrongfully exploited. and organ
izations. of school teachers. fought.
till our schools are being deprived
of the best and most self-sacrificing
among our public servants
10. Monopoly controls copper
murders it's workers, defrauds the
government, corrupts the state and
taxes the people in synical contempt
of Law and human rights.
IL. Monopoly controls oil. = TO-
ments revolutions in friendly for
eign states. contributes millions tr
religions and corrupts politics and
publicity with impunity. !; 4
IL. Monopoly controls FUR Woolena
and cotton mills, EXPLOITS its alsbo:F
without mercy. and profiteers on
the c6nsuming public. " y
9 1s Monopoly controls powder
promotes war and corrupts courts.
legislatures and executive depart.
ments.-
II. Monopoly controls sugar. em-
ploys government departments tc
assist Its extortiops, and corrupts
courts, legislatures and the press.
Is. Monopoly controls transpor-
tation, swindles stockholders, pen
alizes traffic with unjust rules. in