Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-02-17
lie SUEUR POINTS
OUT CAUSES0
STATE TROUBLES
Claims Program is Run BY
Politicians in Statement
Made Today.

st. Paul. Feb. 17.-Arthur Lee
sueur. formerly of Minot, N. D.,
where he was publisher of "The
4~colloc4ast," and formerly one of A.
Z. Townley's closest advisors during
the organization of the Nonpartisan
league. issued the following state
ment. which he calls Constructive
Criticism" here today:
one factor. of the Independent
Voters association claims that the
trouble North Dakota is in today is
caused by the Nonpartisan program;
That 1t must be abandoned, lock,
stock and barrel. Another faction Of
the independent Voters association
contends that the program, if st. ,ctly
limited. would bt all right provided it
were managed by honest men instead
OF by the Nonpartisans who, they
claim. have been utterly dishonest as
well as incompetent. A third major
contention is made by the Nonparti-
sans that all of the difficulties expert
enced by North Dakota are caused by
opposition and attacks Of the l. v.
AS and Big Observation-Disclosures
that is.
II wish 10 call the attention of the
people Of North Dakota as widely as
possible to this fact that the trouble
which North Dakota is experiencing
now is. in the main. due-not to the
program so far as 1t relates to mills,
elevators, bank. and hail insurance In
themselves-but Is caused by two
things in connection with this:
First, the program is being con-
trolled and managed by politicians
and not by experts or business men,
and as heretofore pointed out, that
whenever. an attempt is made to OPP
crate industries or actively admins
ter them by politicians, one of two
things must happen, either the par
they are put there as politicians, will
be bad politicians and be kicked out
because they are bad politicians, or,
thew will be good politicians and bad
administrators. Apparently, they
have been good politicians i'm North
Dakota so far. but bad admin,stra.
tors. To be good politicians. they
must be bad administrators. Ths re-
suits of political administration which
by the I. v. A. were foretold two
years ago when I tried to prevent the
adoption of that policy.
There Is only one solution which
Will permit of a fair trial of the pro-
gram and at the same time remedy
the intolerable conditions that exist
III the state. first, let the legislature
stop playing politics or both sides
and get together to take the bank
administered hereafter by impartial
boards of experts governing the diff
tercnt industries, that is to say. one
board for the mills, If the mills are
cuAAnucd. One board for the elevators
II one board for the bank. II the
legislature cannot agree upon allow
ing either the governor or the in
dustrial commission to appoint the
boards, let them be appointed by the
bv the Joint vote of the house and
n If this .canno, be agreed up
on. then let the house and senate in
Joint session appoint these boards and
put them in for long terms of office
subject to removal for cause only.
Second, limit by law the activities
of the Bank of North Dakota as fol-
lows: 10 a land loan bank with the
right to do an unlimited business in
real estate loans.
ITO handle the state funds but no,
other public funds. and act as fisca'
agent of the states industries.
For the time being no other indus.
tries should be launched or attempt
cd. until such time as the mill and
elevator at C~'nd Forks and ths
bank have been put upon q sound
self-sustaining LASTS of proven sue
cess. There should be absolute sep
aration of the management of the
mill and elevator systems. the mills
not being ne irly a S likely to succee:
as the elevators. and the facts in ref
erence to this should be clearly es'
tablished. The state government
should specifically agree to this.
With this IS the declared policy
of the state in which all the faction:
agree. there will be no question abou
the rehabilitation of the credit Of the
state. North Dakota 8 acres are Al
fertile as heretofore: her people are
as sober and Industrious. and q:
capable of creating wealth and thu
real cause of her difficulties lies ir
the bitter and insane factional figh,
that has been carried to such ex'
tremes together with the utterly mis-
taken policy of ha wing industries ad'
ministered by politicians. Any mem
Iber of the house or senate, or an,
! this sort of a proposition is guilty o.
the most grievous offense against the
interests of the people OF the state Of
North Dakota and will merit the ut
ter contempt of every citizen in thu
state.
Take your industries out of poll
tics. Give the people of your state
thance to live. The I. v. A. member,
know that the people demand a tria
II this program on a sane, conserva'
i've basis. II it fails. every one will
g satisfied to abandon it; il it sue
eeds. no one will want to destroy II
and II 1T Is abandoned now without {
fair tr al, the farmers of the state viii
never rest until some method of Civ
ng it a fair tri i has been arrived at
Why nor recognize these plain fact
Ind act upon them as rational human
hn!nw should?"
CLEANING UP SHANGHAI.
Shan: hai. Jan. 15.-(Mail .)-Th'
International settlement of Shangha
Is to be morally cleaner. One-fifth .
the $40 vice establishments in tn
settlement are to be eliminated an
nually by a drawing held each yea
for five years. Under this plan II
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