Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-04-09

where the propaganda Is nursed'
To them North Dakota will be
warning.
Really there is Nd reason LOT
wonder at the result when you con-
slider who made the TAX program OF
North Dakota theoretically the
North Dakota program was written
by farmers. Practically it was not.
Theoretically they choose their state
candidates. Practically they are
carefully guided in making their
choice. Theoretically they make
laws in democratic assembly as
provided by the constitution. Prac-
tically the laws are brought TO
them already written, are o. k.'d
by them in secret caucus, and
TANNED through under crack OF Of
fetal whips 1t is 10 secret, even
among the members themselves,
that about all they do is pay the
bills.
But the trouble is-and this Is
what / started out to SAYS the
lack of practical experience and
business acumen on the part of the
leadership. North d tota has be-
come the haven of the radical. the
theorist, the misfit. A large num-
Der of the League leaders are of re-
cord as socialists. At least one OF
their prominent leaders admitted
to me that he was an International
list. If none of them are actually
/. w. WIS, at least some of them
have been closely associated and are
sympathetic with the "wobblies."
They assiduously WOO radical labor
elements. They were slow on the
trigger when patriotism was the
first duty of all good citizens. The
state was recently ecandalized to
find there had been put in the
states circulating library bunch
of books touching on free love,
Bolshevism and other ultraradical
themes. 1t has come to the point
where men in all parts of the coun-
try, on losing their Jobs for their
extreme or dangerous sentiments.
seek employment of the league.
How the State Bank Fares. :
l have come to know lot of
these league leaders fairly well,
like them personally. admire their
political cleverness and their ability
to control the sentiment of others,
but cannot help but be conscious
of their lack of experience in the
successful handling of business or
industry. A roll call of prominent
league leaders would show bank
rupts, large number of what
might be called, ne'er-do-wells and
only small number of North Da-
kota property owners and taxpay-
ers.
No doubt most of them are sin
cere and earnest. but weakness of
their position is that they are try
ing out their theories with the
other fellows money
1t was predicted by leag,c lead
ers that the Bank of North Dakota
would become a haven for outside
money. 1t was baited as such by
law exempting its deposits from
taxation.
Well, the Bank of North Dakota
has been open since last July. If
no one but the army of league re-
tainers who live outside the state
were to make it their depository it
should have fair fund of foreign
cash. And if the national office of
the league at st. Pail, minnesota,
should have for deposit some of the
millions of dollars IL has collected
from the farmers of various states,
the bank ought TO show hand
some total. With this in mind I
asked F. w. Cathro, director gem
eral of the bank. to point out to
me the foreign deposits. He indi-
Gated two items on the December
fifteenth statement Tney were:
Individual accounts. IS 29725
Certificates of deposit. 81 800. 90
Less than $4,000. Where does
the league bank? Where does its
army of officers. speakers. editors.
lawyers and promoters bank? Sure