The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-08-12
E. D. CULVER NAILS LIE ABOUT
NORTH DAKOTA STATE HAIL
INSURANCE ACT

Hitting straight from the shoulder,
E. D. Culver of Stark county has is
sued a statement to the farmers OF
North Dakota, mailing the numerous
lies that have been circulated with
reference to the State Hail Insurance
Law. Following is a copy Of Mr.. Gull
ver's statement from the current is
sue of the Observation-Disclosures Post:
"To the Farmer and General Pub
lie
"Greetings:
~sIn the last weeks issue Of the
Dickinson Press, the editor takes it
upon himself to slam u state hall
insurance under the caption OF 'Hav-
&C Wrought by Hail and Lightning
in Stark County
"He tells US how the old line COM
panies were on the job inside OF two
DAVIS after the storm and that the
claims were paid on the spot.
"He goes on and makes a foollsn,
living statement, to the erect tnat
even when the state hail adjusters 40
come and adjust the losses the farm
ers will have to wait from one to two
wears before any settlement is MADE.
Now, this is the kind Of bunk you
find in the columns of the papers op-
nosed to the farmers the papers ed
tied nv men who have sold their very
souls to the capitalistic predatory
class reclining in deep cushioned
chairs, in electrically cooled o11ices,
surrounded by every convenience nat
money could buy. And the motto Is
"Get the money, no matter how:
"Hundreds of poor, misguided dupes
living within the boundaries OF our
Incorporated towns and cities, reao
these fraudulent articles appearing IN
the subsidized press, and, never nav.
ing investigated the several dltferent
denartments Il our state government
exclaim. "Now just look there how
Townlevism is robbing these poor Ola
farmers blind, and the old rubes cant
see it.
"This same state hail insurance that
seems to be a thorn in the side OF m
Press editor, the old line insurance
comnanies and their agents, actually
saved the farmers Of North Dakota
last year forty two az cents per
acre for every acre he carried lnsur-
ance on.
trThe fact alone that the old n
companies are so clever and READY
with their adjustments, and WiIiing
to do anything to retrieve the goou
will of the farmers, proves to me tna'
the competition of u tate nan III
snrance has had a very significant Ct
feet, which alone, more than pays 'le
three (3) cents flat tax. !.
"You farmers all know, if you Will
iust think back a little, what a dl1-
ference it made with the old line ele-
vators when your farmers elevator
was completed and ready for business.
The funny part about this thing IS
that the same papers that fought our
equity and other farm movements =
the past, are the same ones that are
out to 4get u.s. now, if they can.
aWhen the Equity Elevator move
ment was on in North Dakota, tne
Fargo Foolus told the people what e
bunch Of crooks and grafters the pro
moters were, the same ashley tell you
now about. the horrible Nonpartlsan
I ,eao,le. And lots Of good, well mean
mo neople fell for it, while this same
enuity movement was doing the pup
lie a general service n savlng ~
farmers thousands Of dollars annu-
ally.
HThe farmers opponents are g very
crafty set. Through the papers whose
editors have become ~degererated 20 e
state Of servitude, the capitalists. ad-4
vertising agents publishing columns u
telling az how they are much Ia sym
pathy with our demands and that or
program:is all right e Va would elm
mate our leaders IN turn TIE geneT-