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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-10-21

Another interesting thing about it is,
that if Mr.. LANCER has made one
single statement in the book that is
not true he can be put in prison under
North Dakota's "anti-liars" law.
In his preface Mr.. LANCER says: 81
have been closely connected with the
nonpartisan league, having at its very
first convention been endorsed by it
for attorney general, after that hav-
ing been elected and later again en-
dorsed and reelected. Shortly after
my reelection, voluntarily, because
of their lack Of faithfulness to their
members; their autocracy, and their
political rottenness commenced war on
the leaders of the league in an at
tempt to get REAL TAX PAYING
FARMERS AND NOT SOCIALISTS
at the head Of it. / feel that / am in
peculiar position to warn the peo-
pie of the country of this danger to
our beloved republic.
sI believe that the United States
of America is cursed with many eco
nomic evils. hate profiteering and
gambling in options. abhor the en-
ployer who will not permit collective
bargaining on the part of his work
men, or the employer who is opposed
to just workmen's compensation
fund. anathematize the skulking shy
ster lawyer who garnishees work
mems wages for trifling debts-but
most of all I distrust those men who
in the name of reform make capital
of present economic ills, and by ly-
ing, sneaking, black-brained, insidious
propaganda arouse the farmers
against the laborers, workmen against
employers, and hard working fellow
human beings against each other. Goo
knows we need reformers-but we
need men and women who will builG
up, not tear down character; who will
lift up, not lower morals; who will
make this country better, not 8
worse place to live in; who will helI
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-10-21
land and the landless man."

land and the landless man." r.
In this connection it is well to re-
mind Mrs. Williams that through the
enactment of the state reclamation
and land settlement laws, the 1919
Washington legislature took one of
the most advanced steps in this d.
rection yet taken by any state in the
union. The sole purpose of these
two measures is exactly to bring to-
gether the "manless land and the
landless man."
Mrs. Williams opponent, Senator D.
v. Morthland, was one of the influen-
tial members of the legislature res
ponsible for putting these laws on the
statute books. Since the adjournment
of the legislature, Senator Morthland
has cooperated intellectually with,
and rendered valuable assistance to,
the two boards created for he'purpose
of carrying out the provisions of these
acts. He has worked and advised
with them in their initial undertake
ings and if reelected he will go back
to Olympia with definite and con-
crete ideas for charging and widen
ing the reclamation program to the
end that the manless land of this state
may speedily and successfully be CIV
en- into the hands of landless men.
While Mrs. Williams has been oc-
cupied with scattering random broad
sides at railroads, the Big Five pack
ers, Standard Oil ct al, the state
reclamation and land settlement
boards, which Senator Morthland
helped to create and equip, have been
busy day and night working out plans
for bringing landless men to $4,000
acres of manless land in this county.
Voters of the county should remem-
Der what Mrs. Williams has apparent
ly overlooked, that she is candidate
for the state and not the United States
senate. If successful, the body to
which she will be elected, will have
nothing to say as to the repeal of the
Esch- Cummins railroad bill, or the
hamstringing Of the "Big Five" but
will be concerned with questions which
materially affect the CONTINUED
growth, development and progress of
this county and this state. What we
want is somebody who has some def
mite, concrete and workable ideas
about representing this county in its
relations to the state and in its func-
lions as unit of the commonwealth.
The ability to talk all day about the
war profits Of the steel trust, the
power trust, the oil trust, and the
facts and findings Of the interstate
commerce commission, is not neces-
sarily one of the qualifications for this
office.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-10-21
LEAGUE TRAITORS AGAIN.
"1ASHINGTON LEADER, Off
W. cial state organ Of the nonpar-

- Z.
MI cial state organ Of the nonpar-
tisan league, in a recent issue devotes
a. two-column front page story to
show up the records of j. w. Brinton
and J. r. Waters, two of the nonparti-
san league traitors mentioned in the
Courier Reporters editorial last week.
They warn their readers against plac-
ing any credence in what these two
men may say.
It will bear repeating that both men
were former bosom companions of
A. C. Townley. Brinton was selected
by Townley to collect $1,100,000 from
the farmers for consumers stores and
placed in charge of the league news
papers Of the state. Waters was for
three years state bank examiner un-
der Gov. Frazier and for one year
manager of the Bank of North Da-
kota.
What we want to know is, were
these two men, whom Townley had
known intimately for years, crooks
and thieves at the time they received
their appointments or did they be-
come crooks and thieves because of
the wide-open opportunities which the
nonpartisan league offers for crook
edness and graft?
What the Leader didn't tell it's read
ers but might have, is that Attorney
! General William LANCER, the greatest
traitor Of them all, has recently writ
ten a book in which he makes the
same accusations against the league
and its leaders, as do Brinton and
Waters. This book is published by
the Morton County Farmers Press, a
newspaper owned and controlled by
400 North Dakota farmers and an ac-
tive campaign is being made by the
publishers to give it wide distribution.
not only in North Dakota, but in every
state in which the league is operating
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-10-21
FIRST NATIONAL BANK LETTER

Kennewick, Wash, Sept. 10, 1920.
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
:. This will serve to introduce Mr.. E. M. Sly and
Mr. W. R. Crawford, local business men of this city.
Mr. Sly is manager of the Produce Company
here and has been for many years.
Mr.. Crawford is Secretary Treasurer Of the
Columbia River-Puget Sound Natural Gas Company,
and previously, was engaged IN business mere
and regarded as successful business men in this vi
cnty They are not promoters in the ordinary sense
If tI word although they interested in oil lands
in this county and have general knowledge OF
conditions pertaining to that business in this vicinity
(Signed) =. L. JoHNS SUM-.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-10-21

the laboring, business, farming, and
professional men, not harm them;
who will bring sunshine, not darkness
into the lives of the people; who will
have for their ideal not how much
money, how much power, how much
loot can I get out Of this world, but
what can I do to better the lot of
mankind. =,
81 am writing this book in North
Dakota. I am encouragement of the
state. Under the terms of the anti
liars act, the full text of which you
will find in succeeding pages, if, in
dealing with the institutions, depart
ments, or industries of the state gov
eminent, I make one single statement
in this book which is not true, CAN
BE PLACED IN THE PENINTEN-
TiARY FOR ONE YEAR. This ought
to satisfy my worst enemy, adversary
or evil wisher."
The league elected LANCER attorney
general, not once, but twice. What
we want to know is, was he a corrupt
politician at time he was elected and
reelected or did the league make him
corrupt because of the opportunities
which it offers for political corrup-
ton. Walter Thomas Mills says
LANCER was repudiated by the league
because he attempted to build up for
himself great political machine. If
that be true, his ambition was un-
doubtedly created by the fact the nom
partisan league offers unmatched OPP
portunities for doing that very thing.
In other words here is a valuable and
faithful public servant who was cor
rupted because the league offers un-
heard of opportunities for corruption.
And LANCER is only one of four, out of
the leagues first batch Of public SER
wants.
LANCER says he started his fight
against the league to "get real tax
paying farmers" at the head of it.
The 400 farmer-owners Of the Morton
County Farmers Press evidently
share his views. How many "real tax
paying farmers" are to be found on
the farmer-labor state ticket in this
state. Count 'em over.
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s.MANLESS LAND AND LANDLESS
MAN"
INA p. WILLIAMS, farmer la

INA P. WILLIAMS, farmer la
Dor candidate for state senator,
has just completed speaking cam
paign in this county. In her speeches
Mrs. Williams stressed the point that
one of the greatest problems con-
fronting this. country today is the
bringing together of. the "manless
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-10-21
THUGS AND THINGS.

IN another column of this issue
appears a letter from G. Puder-
baugh. We trust none Of our readers
will miss it, for we'll say it's some
letter.
Since neither the editor of this pa
per nor Mr.. Puderbaugh is a candi-
date for public office the voters are
not particularly interested in the war
record of either. The editor has no
apologies to offer for what he did
during the war and we trust Chris is
equally satisfied with his war rec
ord. Regardless of what either did
or did not do during the war, or the
results of the coming election the
both of us will probably continue to
live neighbors on more or less friend
ly terms, each entirely satisfied with
himself, Chris thinking the editor
should spend his vacation in the har-
vest fields, the editor thinking that
Chris would do well to spend more
time on his farm and less time on the
streets preaching socialism, Chris con-
tinuing to collect interest on money
loaned, and the editor paying interest
on money borrowed, long after the
nonpartisan league is thing of the
past in both Washington and North
Dakota.
For fear all of our readers may not
understand Mr.. Puderbaugh's refer
ence to the "thugs who made three
trips out of Kennewick," it might be
well to say, we take it that Mr.. Pud-
erbaugh here refers to the Kennewick
business, professional men and farm
ers who called upon certain men whom
solicitors in Liberty loan and other
war drives, reported as slackers. At
might also be well to remind Mr.. PYd-
erbaugh that some of those thugs
are now faithful followers of the non
partisan league banner, and calling a
fellow comrade "thug" does not make
for harmony within the organization.
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-10-21
~HE NoNPARTIsAN LEAGUE

~HE NONPARTISAN LEAGUE
has recruited another traitor
Stallard. They charge that the for
mer Yakima county manager has sold
out to the republicans. Really the
leaguers should be good sportsmen
and not cry about it too much. They
hired him away from the socialists
The republicans have him now. The
democrats may get him next.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-10-21

WE DO KNOW that Seven Hundred Acres Of rich
irrigated land will grow at least Five Thousand
Tons of Alfalfa hay each year and.that the At.
Italia Oil Company, OWNING THIS LAND, is
SURE to be dividend payer from this source
regardless of oil production which makes it q
safe and profitable investment.
WE DO KNOW that the alfalfa OIL COMPANY
offers more for the money invested, both from .
speculative and permanent investment stand
point than any other company offers now, OF
ever has offered.
WE DO KNOW that if you expect to put any
money lin any Washington Oil Company that
RIGHT NOW-is the time to do it and that
YOU WILL SURELY REGRET ANY FURTH
Err DELAY.
WE DO KNOW that those who buy Reorganization
stock of the alfalfa OIL COMPANY, now
- before OIL is strickland before all the ONE
CENT stock has been sold (and it's going
mighty fast) will NEVER REGRET THEIR IN.
VESTMENT.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-11
GREAT BRITAIN BUYING AMERICAN WHEAT SENT
 UP PRICES IN GRAIN PIT
By Associated Press

Chicago, November 1D.-Swift up turns in the price of wheat today fol- lowed word that for the first time in nearly two months Great Britain was buying on this side of the Atlantic. The market was also bullishly affected by announcement that no general calling of rural loans in Kansas was looked for. Primes closed strong. 57s to 9A cents net higher, with December 1S6A to 1s6, and March 121 to 1S6h Corn gained ss to Is cents, and oats $ to l E cents. In provisions the outcome varied from 25 cents decline to Is cents advance.
 British purchasing of wheat was estimated all the way from 2.5O0, ,O00 bushels to 5,000000 bushels, and, not withstanding that the greater part of the total said to be Canadian grown, the influence on the market was elec- tric. Bullish sentiment was further stimulated by gossip that Belgium had bought 800. 900 bushels of United States wheat at the Gulf of Mexico.
 From the outset, too, it was evident that the traders had given special heed to denials that any radical curtailment of grain credit.in Kansas was contem- plated. New strength of foreign ex- change attracted additional attention and so, likewise, did the fact that country offerings of wheat were meager.
 Corn and oats sympathized with the strength of wheat. Shorts covered freely in corn.
 Provisions averaged higher. mainly as reflection of the grain bulge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-11
New Orleans Cotton


 New Orleans, November 10.-An ac- tive market and wide fluctuations to both net gains and net losses prevailed in cotton today with the steadiest period toward the close, when gen. eral demand for profits arose on the short side. Last prices were at net ad- yances of 21 to 30 points.
 The trading of the early session was at the advance, the market reacting from the declines of yesterday in de- cided manner Better cables than due helped values and there was rather general realizing by shorts. Buyers for long account appeared very confident and the rise continued until it amount ed to 52 to 62 points and December was at 1S.56
 The middle part of the session was featured by the receipt of a great deal of unfavorable news which was acted on all at once. The drop in sugar the unfavorable steel trade reports, many accounts of mills going on further short time. price cutting i'll various lines of goods and the British board of trade returns for October showing ex- ports of 10. 400, ,000 pounds of yarns. against 14,300,000 in October of last year, and exports of 304,900,000 yards of cloths against 39S. 2000,000, all helped to create the most pronounced selling movement of the session and under it values dropped to levels of IT to 35 points under the close of yesterday. De- cember falling to 17.73c.
 For a while the market was soft, but in the last half hour of the day the de- mand was sufficient to clean it bare of contracts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-11
East St. Louis Live Stock
Sugar Market

By ASsOclate0 freSs
 New York, November 10.--The local market for raw sugar was quieter to- day and prices were unchanged at 6 A c for Cubas, cost and freight, equal to 7.27c for centrifugal. There were sales of 11,600 bags of Cubas, prompt ship ment to a local refiner at 6Ac, cost and freight, and 1000 bags of Demerara centrifugals on lighter at Sc eff, and there were additional offerings at these prices for later shipment, with out being taken.
 In refined prices were reduced hc a pound by some of the leading refiners, with all refiners now said to be accept ing business at this level. The demand, however, was light and confined to nearby requirements only, as further declines are expected owing to the re- cent declines in the spot market.
 There was little activity in the sugar futures market today, and after showing some hesitation at the start prices eased off under renewed liquida- ton, closing at declines of-2o to P points.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-11
COTTON WENT 10 NEW LOW GROUND
 ON ACTIVE MONTHS
Closing Prices Showed Rallies of Forty to Fifty Points
 From the Lowest
By Assoeiated Press

New York, November 10.-Early ad- vices in the cotton market was followed by a break which carried all active months into new low ground for the movement. but there was a sharp rally in the late trading and the close was steady at net advance of "A to 50 points. January contracts. after selling at 1S.S5c early. broke to 1911 and closed at 1860.
 The market opened unchanged to zS points higher and sold about 50 to 54 points above last nights closing figures during the middle of the morning on covering and buying for a rally. The early steadiness of the stock market and sterling exchange increased the disposi- tion to take profits on short contracts, while there also was some buying on the unfavorable weather in the south Freez-
 ing temperatures were reported in north- western Texas. with rains elsewhere in western and central belt sections and the outlook was that cold wave would follow the rains over the eastern belt.
 Demand failed to broaden materially on the early advance to 19S2c for December and 1S.65c for March, however, and the
 market weakened early. in the afternoon on reports of increased spot offerings in .he eastern belt and rumors that some of the eastern belt banks were calling loans on cotton. This was not credited generally in the trade here, while there was very little southern hedge selling and the market firmed up again late in the day on renewed covering and reports that better trade demand had been at tracted on the decline to 1Sc for March contracts Closing prices showed rallies of 10 to 50 points from the lowest. The weekly report Of the weather bureau was favorable, but came in for very lit tie comment. Port receipts for the day, -p etr C,k Ex. ports, IS, 400 making 1,22S,e95 so far this season
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-11
MARINE NEWS

New Orleans November 1,-Cleared: Ceiba (Iond), Ceiba; Comus. New York; Farnam. Bilboat and Santanda, Spain via oporto, Portugal and Norfolk; Isa- bela, Porto Rico; Oma qIond.), omoa via Port Cortez; Pennsylvania, Tam pico; Teresa o Qtalian), Genoa via Nor folk; Topila, Tampico
 Port Eads, November 1O.-Arrived: Bethnor, Copenhagen via Norfolk; Cop pename, Port Barrios; Edward L. De- heny, Tampico; Gold Shell, Rotterdam: Governor (Br), Liverpool via West In- dies; Minooka, Rotterdam. Neptune, frontera, Nola Progresso; salem County, Tampico; Sestrfs dtalian). Europe
 Sailed: Cadillac (BrJ, Europe; Inspec- tor, Cienfuegos St. Augustine, Santos via Port Arthur; Tom Ava, Rio Janeiro and Santos via St. Thomas; Tregurno (Br), Hull, Eng. via Norfolk
 Mobile, November 10--Arrived Connot- ton, New York; Barge Iberia, Havana; Harald, Tela: Schooners Hilda Stark. Pascagoula Blue Fields, Cardenas
 Sailed Lake Elm Hurst. Matanzas, Cuba
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-11

Faltmore X ohio cv 4ias ., 72aa Bethlehem Steel ref. 5s ....-.... 7, Central of Georgia con 5s ..... S6N Central Leather 5s -.-.......... 90i2 Chesapeake & Ohio cv. 5s ...,.. S6is Chicago, B. X quincy joint Is .. 96,3 CT icaeo Mil & St. P. cv. 4ias 4 Ts Chicago, R. l.. &, Pac. Ky. ref. 4s. 6Ja4 City of Paris 6s' ............... 95 Colorado & Southern ref 4lss 751s Denver X Rio Grande cont Is @ 6 pominion of Canada 5s ti9S1). 99ai Erie gen Is .N N........... 4G illinois Central ref As .. 16 IT ter Mee Marine 6s ....... s. Kansas City Southern ref 5s ~ n iiggett & Myers 5s ....... S2's l-ouis.. & Nash un., 4s . S11s, Missouri Kan. & Texas lst ts. 6, 2. Nissouri Pacific 4s .. 5sA New York Central dob. 6s ~ a21a Norfolk & Western cv. 6ss 10; 51cgthern Pacific sf...... 7T1I icnnsylvania gen. 5s .. 91H Leading gen. As e....... SC Republic Iron & S. 5s qs40). bid S5A St Louis & San Fran ad. es 66 Seaboard Air Line adj 5s ~ 4o Southern Bell Telephone 5s ~ SIS Southern Pacific cV. IS - 71S southern Railway 5s ... Sa's Southern Railway gen as .... 6a
 Texas x Pacific 1st - S11s Union Pacific is k... So9s United Kingdom of c. B. X IN
 5 sas l937) ...... S., Y. s. Steel 5s ..... 9SM Va Carolina Chemical 5s ....... e2k Wabash 1st. bid ... So1s Wilson -& Co cv. 6s ....... s5
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-11
Liberty Bonds
Money Market

\ 5N AssO"Ihtcu Press
 New York, November iu.-Prme mer- cantile paper, per cent. Exchange fr- regular. Sterling 6o-day bills, s3.35: com merciah 6O-day bills on banks sS.S5; com niercial, e0-day bills. s3341a; demand *5S912; cables, S3.40M. Frances demand nd So.S4; cables s5.S6; Belgian francs de- mand, $6.20; cables, s6.22. Builders de- pland, 29.S0; cables, 29.90. Lire demand 3:44; cables, S4G. Marks demand, 115 cables, 1.1e- Greece demand. 907; New York exchange on Montreal, 10 1s-1G per cent discount. Government bonds ir- regular; railroad bonds easy.
 Time loans steady; 60 days, 20 days and six months. 7&1aSc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-11
MUCH CALCULATION IN STOCK TRADING
 1 ON WALL STREET
Big Factor In the Late Rebound Was the Easing of inc
 Money Rates
By Associated Press

1 New York. November lo.--The stock market was firm at the active opening 4f todays session. becoming acutely IIEeak at midday and rallying vigorously + the later dealings, when confident buying of rails oils and equipments
 faused urgent short covering and ef : dected pronounced readjustment of quot
 sd values
 Sentimental reasons for the sharp re- 'fersal at noon were provided by the Publication of United States steel Octo- Der tonnage report showing a very large 4ecrease in unified orders from the pre- 1eding month, and announcement of the Nespension of the extra dividend on American sugar
 J These incidents gave the bears an eX- -fuse for resuming their aggressive op-
 srations, leaders in the industrial and
 special groups reacting one to six points,
 incidentally to new low records for the Fear, while United States steel fell an-
 other fraction to S27s, yet another new low for three years. 1 Another factor in the late rebound was he easing of money rates call loans falling back. to 96c after attaining to their Usual minimum of 10 per. cent. Time money ruled at 8 per cent on prime col lateral, with free offerings. Foreign exchange was another encopr- fging feature, the rate on London mak- ing a further recovery to almost ic bver the low of last Monday, with rallies In remittances to the Continental, all though French exchange Jagged. Individual stocks most affected by to- days temporary setback included Mex ican petroleum, cruicble steel, silippings, sugars and tobaccos, but in a majority of instanees losses were replaced by substantial gains at the close.
 Bonds moved uncertainty during the greater part of the day but came for ward with the stock list towards the finish, most liberty issues, for example, scoring net advances. Total sales, par value, aggregated sl5,S75, GOO.
 Old United States bonds wer unchanged on call.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-11
Hubbard Bros. & Cos Letter

New York. November 10.-(Special)--A steadier stock market and investment buying of the distant deliveries, based on beth the price and the unfavorable weather in the south, caused better market here during the forenoon The. south however. were steady sellers of Decembers against spots with the result that this selling gradually undermined the market Liquidation of cotton bought or the recent rally also made its appearances prices selling off to the 1Sc ievel for March, where a large buying order for prominent spot house checked the de- cline Sentiment is rather mixed be- cause the trade see no improvement in the general situation, but at the same time the buying on breaks absorbs the contracts so that it is felt that any flaw orable development could cause sub~' stantial rally Hubbard Bros.