Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-06

and are expelled for refusing to abide
by speculators'' rulos, can you get q
review of the case before any COM
petent c0urt?, .s
The farmer has succeeded wonderl
fully in solving the problem VI pro-
duction, but the food SPECTATOR has
prevented his securing a just system
Of distribution until today we have
the most expensive system Of food dis
tribu.ion the world has ever known.
Or. II you accept the SPECTATORS
premises for arguing the case for con-
tinuation Of the existing system of
distribution his logic becomes mar
swerable. but the farmer cannot agree
with his premises as being either
sound or basic.
I want to see laws enacted that will
make possible a better marketing
system and q better system, Of dis
tribution for our products. 1. can
only raise my voice in behalf Of the
farmer and the common people, and
If we succeed in getting the facts in
diligently before Congress I t lei that
their deep interest in the welfare of
the farmers as well as In the
interests of. the common people, will
lead to needed legislation to make
for a better agriculture and o better
and more wholesome rural life.
Among other things, I would like to
e enacted laws which will gives
l. Farmers and the right
to legally oombin. for cooperative
selling and buying with no less pro-
lection and with no more privileges
than are now afforded corporations
or m~onopolies. M
2. l want to see enacted a comlfiO-
dity law that requires truthful label
ing OF every article, whether it be
o10fho &C no NOR #ch1aa mr. on ,en ~ III Es
8. / want to see q law enacted that
will furnish loans. to the farmers at
the same rate as the Government
makes loans to the banker and at
actual cost.
4. l want to see a law enacted that
will discourage farm tenancy and en-
courage farm ownership and rural de-
velopment.
5. I want to see a law enacted that
will encourage home building and dis.
courage tenancy and l~andlordism; q
law rs good as the, Home Builders
law of North Dakota,
: s. I WANT to see a law enacted that
will put a stop to all forms of profit
teering and make p~rofiteering a penal
offense, and I recognize hat prof.
teering is not a cause, but the result
from existing conditions and improp!
er laws.
Z. I want to see a law enacted put
ting a stop to all forms Of gambling
and speculation in the essenti Il com
modities Of life, like wheat, flour,
clothing, ETC., without in any way de-
stroying the effectiveness Of trade
conditions.
8. I want to see a law enacted and
honestly enforced that will extend the
benefits of the Federal Land Banks
more fully to the needs our
farmers.
3. want to see laws continued or
enacted that will protect labor as fully
as capital Is protected, uand with
proper tribunals to safeguard their
interests and lives.
10. I want. to see a law enacted that
shall establish a League Of nations, an
international tribunal or an organiza-
ton that will tend for world peace
and disarmament on sea and land
without cmbroiling the United States
in petty European affairs.
Ill want to see a law enacted and
enforced that shall at all times. protect
the right of free press, free speech
and, free assembly, with every individ-
ual held responsible for his words
and actions, and tina. shall free all
those now held for political %offensees;
and which shall again permit of
the abuses that have been tolerated
and encouraged during the last four
! years.
1e. I want t. see a law enacted that
will make individual members OF cor
porations on monopolies acting as an
executive or administrative board
amenable to the laws Of our land just
as fully as we individuals or members
Of firms, and on conviction sent to
prison as are individuals or firm
members. In other words, to put a
soul into a corporation that can be
reached. When the President or ex-
ecutive members of certain boards
face the penitentiary they will become
more reasonable and respectful.
13. I;want to see a law enacted that
will put all systems to transportation
fully under Government control and
operated in the interests Of all our