The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1920-10-22
THE FARMER-LABOR PARTY VERY
.. MUCH OPPOSED TO JAP LABOR
October %, 1920.

Dear Friend:
Farmer-Labor Party and all its candidates, including Ro
bert Bridges opposed the bringing of Japanese and other
Orena this country and the groups that our party
The Associated Industries the Kept Press and the Repub
and Democratic Puca brought the Japs and Orental
into this country to beat down the price OF labor and discharged
citizens and put Jap their places and today their
chauffeurs and servants are Japs
During the these special privileged interests attempted
import million Coolies but labor blocked their game Sol
can't that we are the only ones you can rely upon o
AS land commissioner Robert Bridges had to
do with the sale of school lands than other citizen for the
respective county auditors sell all these lands at public sales
Another lie is that have paid organizers Not person
county except secretary whom took off the farm and
paying him just enough he the mixer he hired to
Friend don't deceived by their They us
years them fool again You know they have
kept promise they made and have that
in letters They have tramped our constitutional rights
proteers and their only hope is becoud the issue with lies
Don't let them throw dust in They think are
guibe but fool them let them know can't be deceived
They think you will swallow the lies of the Kept Press but for
think for yourself for they and the Kept Press e lie like
hell and they false hell itself
The Kept Press falsehoods scandal
has hid the truth just told enough of the truth
Just weeks it told that the Party
trying rob his XhOrbtant charges milk when the
truth of the matter that the farmer is getting less than five
cents quart delivered to the shipping point and it costs you
and cents quart to have quart brought from the ship
ping point to DOORS
Mr. Farmer a profiteer contrary to ex-
plot his wife and children to break
The Kept Press and the who circulate these lies about
will toop any vile contemplate thing gain
their point beg of be deceived for they hate
us, and all because trying to stop this graft.
Do that the value of railroads taxation purposes
reduced million dollars in 1919 and again
duced in 1920?
Do know that $4,000 of the finest timber land the
world owned by the railroads this and they don't
penny of although Uncle patrols it fire
warns etc? Senators Jones Pondexter and Representative
Hadley know this and they presented bill congress this
land could be surveyed and placed upon the tax rolls The
they do not do because they interested the
railroad than in you
In 1919 the value of telegraph companies the state for
alton reduced $456 and it has been with all the public
service companies which means that every home owner will pay
increase in taxes make up what these
Gaping.
Big Kept known that we will do what
has been done in North Dakota that will compel them to
their just share Of They used
kota they do in this state but
In North Dakota the assessed valuation Of railroad property
in that state raised from $08O5 238 35 total
Of approximately LAT Million the result being that the per capita
1919 $3.56 and in 1920 1854 while of
Washington, capita in 1919 and in 1920
1892
The following is the rate of levy of mills
Washington and North Dakota for the past three years
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