Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-09-16

n
inent Nonpartisan League organizer
and several who were active in radi-
cal affairs last fall
A word as to Marsh He has re-
Gently been travelling through the
Pacific Northwest with Governor
Frazier of North Dakota, seeking TO
sell North Dakota bonds. AS the
cost of selling these bonds is being
paid from the public treasury of
North Dakota, the assumption is
Marsh receives his expenses from the
people of that state. Marsh has,
for a number of years, been pronin-
ent in radical cirolos in Washing
ton City, where he pretended to rep
resent the farmers as president of
the National Farmers Council which
organization. it would appear from
Congressional investigation, is sup
ported wholly by certain single tax
organizations. Marsh was a close
friends of Martens. the Soviet am
bassador to this country before Mar
tens was deported. Last spring
Marsh called a meeting at the Lafay-
ette hotel. radical headquarters in
Washington, to perfect"The Peoples
Reconstruction League" Most of
the delegates were recognized radi-
calls. Nonpartisan League dele
Cd
adopted resolutions demanding the
recognition by the United States of
Soviet Russia, also demanding gov
ernment ownership of the railroads.
The Peoples Reconstruction League.
in other words, is but old time .
cialism-or better communism-un-
der a new name, for 1t is clear to all
who know the utter failure made by
the Nonpartisan League in North
Dakota, socialism under that name
can not get by.
Conditions in North Dakota under
the Nonpartisan League. are going
from bad to worse. The home
building association which was to
do SO much to furnish homes for
the common people" after building
expensive homes for a few of the
League leaders, closed for lack of
funds. Lumber bought in quan.-
ity at peak prices. has been sold to
private lumber yards at a great loss.
The state mill, after losing much
Dakota is insolyent according to its
own figures. for it has not the cash
with which to pay checks drawn up
on 1t. On the 18th of July-the
last report available-it had out
over S215, 1000 of registered" checks
Among checks sent in for payment
and returned registered" We're
those of a normal school pay roll
No bank of North Dakota will ac-
cept for cash deposit a check drawn
on the Bank of North Dakota-they
will only accept such checks for
collection. The move to sell state
bonds to give the bank ready cash
is not meeting with success. AL
ready the state treasurer has paid
out over $4,000 on account of ex-
penses in seeking TO sell these bonds
but no statement has been made the
people as to how much actual mon
ey has been received by the Bank OF
North Dakota on account of actual
sales.
The l. w. activities in Kansas,
Nebraska, South Dakota and other
states has become a menace with
which local officers seem unable to
cope Every possible move is made
by the /. w w. to hamper the
farmers in their harvesting. Men
have been beaten. robbed and many
killed by l. w. w, when these men
refuse to join the order and insist
on working for what they regard as
good wages. Colorado has been
fortunately free of the l. w w. ele-
ment, due as their leaders admit
to the fear that the sac consabulary
is 90 much for them. 1t might lie
we'll for newspapers and others who
have condemned the constabulary to
know that it was formed because, at
that time, secret information showed
its absolute necessity. When this
organization was placed in the hardf
of Major Hamrock. l. w. W.s began
to leave the state because they
feared him. Condemnation of 'he
cnnsta a hnlary nnnenrs To he morn m