The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-06-11
INTERESTS FEAR
EXAMPLE OF n. D.
Seattle FLUTES Assure Washing.
ton That Farmer.Labor A.
lance Threatens Control.
(By the Federated PresS)

(By the Federated PresS)
Seattle.-"The people Of this state
are threatened with the danger Of see
ing their commonwealth become a Sec
ond North Dakota" according to
warning sent broadcast to business
men Of Washington state by the Asso-
ciated Industries of Seattle in it's
weekly, The Square Deal.
The Associated Industries Associa-
ton, which Is waging vicious fight to
make Seattle non-uniOn city, has the
following to say of the Triple Alliance.
the political organization formed by
organized labor, the railroad workers
and the farmers:
1.-THE danger Of success of the Triple
Alliance in partisan state elections is
much greater than in ponpartisan city
elections. The fact that Duncan Won
a nomination for mayor in three
cornered race in the Seattle primary
election illustrates the danger. In the
final city election the contest was mar
rowed to two candidates and Duncan
was overwhelmingly Defeated but, had
there been three candidates in the
field, Duncan might have won easily.
Fear Labor Control.
'"That Is the danger-a real danger
lin the state elections, both primary
and general. The Triple Alliance Is
planning to see to it that there is a
full list of Triple Alliance candidates
for state offices and the legislature
before the voters next fall. Both In
the primary and the general election,
unless combinations are made In the
meantime, there will be three party
tickets in the field: Republican, Demo.
cratic and Triple Alliance; the vote Of
the state will be split three ways and
the majority Of successful candidates
will probably be elected by minority
rather than by majority votes.
Reliable information is to the ef-
feet that the Triple Alliance, including
the Nonpartisan league, following has
a membership approaching one-third
Of the registered vote of the state.
II this membership hangs together at
the polls, 1t is easy to realize that the
chance Of partial or even complete
success is too great to be disregarded.
A close vote between the two old par
ties in the state might mean the sue
cess of the Nonpartisan state ticket
and similarly close vote in any legis-
lative district would offer a fine
chance for success of the Triple ALI
ance candidate
They're AwfuIly Scared.
$50 the people of this state are
really threatened WIN the danger OF
seeing their commonwealth become q
second North Dakota in the eyes OF
the nation, rs We were warned by
President Warehouse in his annual
address. The danger Is not that the
majority of the people Of the state
will turn radical and run wild polite
aly. but that the class conscious
minority may win in three-cornered
contest.
"Success of the Triple Alliance next
fall would he calamity which must
he avoided ut the cost of all possible
individual and collective effort. We
have had our example In North Da
kota, With n Triple Alliance leg'sla
ture, we could expect nothing else
Than To see business and Industry har
ossed to the utmost limit that Ou'
state constitution would permit. f"'
me Tripl. Alliance Of Washington l.
even more radical than the N"nlmrtl
.nn League Of North Dakota. II hns
much more ~ tho class conscious
element IN It's membership. ard IT,
legislative cnactments would be class