The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-04-14
NEST0S GIVEN
RECEPTION IN
HIS HOME TOWN
Ovation Accorded in Minot to
. Devils Lake Convention
Nominee
TALKS FOR COOPERATION
Endorses Farm Bureau Fedora
ton; Wants Sane Business
Administration
TALKS FOR COOPERATION
(Special to The Tribune.

MinOt, April JUST stopping ~
the leakages alone and the return to a
sane business administration would IN
itself be an accomplishment that
would amply warrant the recall,
r A Nestos, of Minot, declared at a
mass meeting held in his honor last
night bv the citizens Of Minot ny WaV
of marking his selection as candidate
for governor in the recall election by
the Independent forces OF North Ia
kota. The meeting was arranged by
q citizens committee Of men, and Wo.-
men and friends Of Mr.. Nestos from
all pars of the county and points IN
adjoining counties crowded the high
school. auditorium to capacity. Mrs.
0. f. Dickinson, prominent Mlnot cluD
woman, presided while Francis j. Muir
nhy addressed the nominee in behalf
OF his Minot friends.
Mr. Nestos' address, while approprl
ate to the occasion, afforded hlm an
opportunity to go on record on certain
issues now confronting the taxpayers
of North Dakota.
Not Il Socialist.
During my participation in politl-
cal life, have tried to be consistent
and yet to keep myself so informed as
TO industrial, economic and political
DEVELOPMENTS that in my politics
thinking, I might always be prepared
to espouse the cause and to do the
work which promised the most for the
welfare OF the people Of our state"
said Mr.. Nestos. II was rather sur
Drised when | heard that at the time
of the Devils Lake convention some
one had insisted that in 1910 | had
been elected to the legislature as So
cialist. Now it is true that at one
place in the Blue Book for 1911, a
casual glance would lead one to believe
that the charge might be true but 4
more careful examination of this page
will show that the whole record from
the 29th legislative district is badly
bungled and that it unquestionably is
a clerical error and in three other
places Of the book the facts presenter
show conclusiyely that the charge IS
not true.
II have never been socialist, nor
have ever believed that the doctrines
and principles Of socialism have IN
them the possibility of serving the best
interest of humanity. I believe now
and always have believed that in this
state we have gone too far along the
lines of Communism and state owner
ship and that this orgy Of expert
mentation into which we have gone
must be stopped. AS a policy OF IN
dustrial development and economic
progress, l have always believed that
voluntary cooperation rather than
state ownership contains the true So
luton of our problems and difficulties
Fayors Corporation.
"For many years ] have been a
strong believer in voluntary co-opera-
ton as method Of solving the mar
keting difficulties of our farmers, as
it has solved or helped to solve similar
difficulties for growers OF many other
products. It is therefore source or
great pleasure for me to watch tue
growth of the Farm Bureau Federation
and it's hearty cooperation with the
many other agencies, such as the
Wheat Growers Association, working
toward the general end, for con-
structive program that gives promise
of speedy relief to our farming inter-
est. If it is true as reported that the
man who raises the wheat gets but "a
cents of each dollar it costs the con-
sumer, then surely there must be
somewhere along the line a waste
caused by manipulation and dupllca-
ton and the organization by the far
mers of cooperative plan OF mar
keting, eliminating these leakages,
will give promise of signal relief. II
with the new secretary of agrcul-
ture, Henry G. Wallace. promising the
co-operation Of his department, not
only in the task OF raising larger
crops of better products, but
also in securing better markets for
these products, with the Farm Bu-
reau Federation and other agencies
working for a cooperative method OF
marketing where the farmers, by pool
ing their products, gan stabilize tne
markets and insure prosperity for the
producer and where the slogan of all
these agencies is Investigate, cooper
ate and consolidate an added meaning
is given to, and the wisdom OF the
slogan of the Independent forces,
'plow. plant and prosper becomes evi-
dent to any man who wishes the well
fare of his family, his community and
his state.
Would Complete Experiments.
But though I have been opposed TO
some and have had my misgiving as 10
the feasibility of others of these State
owned enterprises and have felt that
the present political administrator Oh
all of them was sure to bring disaster
yet l have felt that as long as the
experimentation could be keut within
reasonable limits, that we owed II 10
the farmers Of our state who have IN
dicated that they desired these expert
ments made and who pay the greater
share of the bill, that the projects al
ready started should be completed II
the most economical way aDd that the