The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1921-04-15
TOM AYREs EXPLAINS A FEW
OF THE REASONS WHY THE
1. ". A. WANTS THE RE-
CALL IN NO. OAK.


CALL IN NO. OAK.
The prominence given the at
tempt to recall the governor, attor-
ney general and commissioner of ag-
riculture in North Dakota calls for
more light than is shed upon the
subject by the usual news dispatches
emanating from the scene of the tur-
moil. In order that your readers
may get correct viewpoint ask
for space in which to give more of
the facts.
The three men it is proposed to
recall are members of the North Da-
kota industrial commission. This
commission has in charge the state
industries, the mill, elevator, home
building and bank, (which North Da-
kota has established. 1t is not con-
tended that these men are corrupt,
or that they are incapable. It is
sought to recall them inorder to de-
stroy the state enterprises of North
Dakota, which the state has endorsed
affirmatively seven different times.
There is faction in North Dako-
ia politics which lost control of af-
fairs there when the League gainei
political power. This faction natur-
ally wants to go back to the comfort
able places in power and influence it
once occupied. Back of this clique
have been the grain gamblers of
Minneapolis and the special interests
generally which are opposed to any
state competition with the estab-
1ished monopolistic control of mar
kets and credit.
Ever since the enterprises were
started an effort has been made by
these politicians to ttqueer" the sale
of the state bonds necessary to carry
out the program of the League. 1t
is we'll known that last winter when
the banks of Minneapolis were anx-
ious to free some credit in North
Dakota in order to protect their own
commitments made to the private
banks of that state, the politicians
staged an investigation" in the N.
Dakoa house to make it appear that
there had been waste, crookedness
and bone-headed management on
the part of the state authorities.
This failed completely, but since 1t
was begun only for. the purpose of
delaying the sale of state bonds by
intimidating bond houses, it succeed
ed for time.
The private banks Of North Da-
kota hold about seven million dol
lars of state money which was re-
deposited in these banks by the
Bank of North Dakota. The private
state bank. This has made it hard
for the state bank, but notwithstand-
ing this and all other methods ei.-
ployed to G.scredit the state bank,
that institute is doing an immense
business avery day and making pro.
Ats which go into the public treas
ury. The low prices of wheat has
largely been responsible fof the con-
dition of affairs in North Dakota.
but IL the professional politiciaas S
and the grain gamblers had allowed
the state to pre- ceed with its enter:
prises as was intended by the peo-
pie, North Dakota today would have
been in better shape than most of
her neighbors. not excepting South
Dakota where professional politi-
clans and special interests are in
complete power and authority.
There has never been in all the
history of America such an example
of treason to the state by people
within state as has been shown
by professional politicians of NORTH
Dakota. They have stopped at moth.
ing to wreck the finances of NORTH
Dakota. to destroy confidence in it:
institutions and to create a false
impression that North Dakota is q
state controlled by wild-eyed 10
of Missionaries and scoundrels. Th.
leading newspapers of the state and
of Minnesota have contributed theil
share of the noise and newspape
readers get no clear insight into thu
facts.
The convention Of the I. v. A