The Devils Lake world., 1921-10-24

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tdone fairly well. We have 81 leas
+ j9one ssE farissaws- could md accom
4 plishsdE4lt ~ could. ~ ssssa.f 80
= For instance, Attorney Genera
Lemke Is nghtingS the ssi siifa6iitlrrafy 1 iii
sreass ii d freight and passenger rste.
was abs 70 staSe s6h the dry The III.
creases we're IS become effective sev.
eral months, during which time; 81, !
850,000 was saved to the Shipper and
passengers travelling locally in the
Estate. He hAs taken this ease to thl
highest court ana If he wins the peo.
pie will receive 80 per cent refunds
OF this amount at least 800, 900 wal
saved to citizens Of Devils Lake, Mr.
F. p. Mann being one of the chie1
beneficiaries. Mr. Lemke has saved him
enough money, II seems to us;;-that he
should show some gratitude instead o1
ingratitude to III official who has serv.
ed him so well sAnd faithfully.
Mr.. Lemke has forced the utilities
company Of Fargo, Grand Forks and
Minot 1--WE don't know why the city
commission Of Devils Lake did not gel
in on it too) to refund excessive
charges on heat, power and light, ap-
proximately $500, 900. No wonder the
railroads and public utility corpora
tions are against him.
Even before he became attorney
general, per3onning the service free
/ Of charge at The request Of the gov
ernor, when it was found that the case
was about to 60 by default, Mr.. Lem
ke successfully conducted the suit
which /. resulted. in collecting over
I! 100000 taxes from the Standard
Oil company.
Then again he successfully fought
thru the case which resulted in fore
ing the railroads to pay 81 800, 900 of
taxes they had refused to pay.
All in all, westhink Mr.. Lemke has
done pretty well for the people, and
we would rather trust him than we
would Mr.. Sveinbjorn johnson, who is
trying to succeed him and who is one
Of the attorneys who are trying to
knock out. one of our best grain grad
ing laws. 4.
We now havs hail insurance at cost
which saves the farmers over FIVE
million dollars q year.
We insure our own public buildings
and we show: q, profit of over $71, 900,
which is not SO bad, considering the
short time the laW, has been in oper-
tion.
We also bond ., our public officials
and we now have ITO the good" over
$97, 900 in that little "socialistic' ven
ture, which would otherwise have
gone into the pockets of the sleek and
well fed gents down the line. This,
of course, explains why the insurance
boys are an against the league. There
is a possibility that these steps may
some day lead to hfe. insurance - and
the then what a howl would go up from
When the Nonpartisans passed the
minimum wage IAN the average wage
paid laundry giififssS was so per week,
while at the same time the minimum
weekly cost Of living for a self-sups-
porting woman Was $16.50. Teie-
phone girls numbering 1000 in the
state were receiving $40 so q week on
an average. The, wage board ordered
the minimum INCREASED to $3.50 a
week for laundry girls, and the same
TOR telephone girls, and we don't be-
lieve any good man would Waht to see
his sister or his daughter work fol
less: Still the telephone and laundry
companies attacked the law and have
Succeeded so far in. keeping the case
in court. Public Sentiment; however,
has forced some companies to increase
wages. -"
We have the bank guarantee deposit
law which makes state banks safe ia
depositors. (Not many bankers like
that law, for it forces them to be re-
sponsible for the acts OF their crooked
or more unfortunate brethren.)
We have better grain grading laws
which save. farmers many thousands
of dollars. -. stss
We have pay for dockage or it's re
turn to the farmer; and during one
year the elevators paid grain raisers
over $4,000,000 for dockage, which
helps some, but. makes the Minnea
! polls thieves dig deeper for the /. v
A. campaign fund. 81
{; And we also have: - -
| The state-owned bank, whereby th,
funds that belong to all the peopl,
are made available to finance the ac
tivities that belong to al the people
i A state owned coal mine to suppE
at least the states own buildings,
State aid to. drouth snffe ferers. 5j
State aid 70 dairy associations:
Rural credits. Y 8 I. ss B
Reduction Of TIE spread 81 read betweel
the pficesspaM Is proddcers and Eli
fprices charged to csollnnsumers. s.1s
j A state of home owners las th
homestead aet was the most benedicesn
piece of leeisla ton ihl n ]: I enacted 5
the Federal Congress; 70 may th
\; Home Building Assos ion Act prov
!. 10 be the most b4nae1e piece Of lee