Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1921-06-22
'G0Y VERNON URGES PER
PETUA ton OF lllERUA
IDEALS IN STATE
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ment TO the interests OF the genera
lions to come, citing the liberal mea-
sures passed for the education OF fu-
ture general lions, setting aside sections
.16 and SO for educat ional purposes.
Minnesota, unlike any other state in
the Union, did not Immediately dis
pose OF these lands, squandering the.
money, = according to the Governor,
but rather has, as result Of its wise
policy, q $42, 600, 900 trust fund to-
guarantee liberal education for the
children of future generations.
According to the Governor, the immi-
grafton during the past century has not.
been as idealistic as that Of the years.
previous, when religious freedom was.
sought, rather, than as now, 81 more
money. At this point he attacked those.
persons who seek to destroy our present
form Of government and replace it with
something Of a different nature. He
asked the question, Are you going to
follow demo cracy's ideals or are you go
ing to change these ideals for some
thing unknown or something you think
is better?' One Of the greatest grants
OF our present, form of government is
the Insurance Of life, liberty and the
Pursuance of happiness, which embodies
the right to own property, according to
the Governor This is one Of the ideals
upon which our government is founded
He was strongly in favor Of this ideal
being perpetuated in preference to some
projected forms of government which
would deny this to the individual.
He spoke emphatically in favor Of
our present economic system aud brand-
ed any other as of dubious possibilities.
The present capitalistsic system guar
antees the right to hold property. Ask
ing the question as to who is a capital
list, the Governor maintained that all
who own property and make any money
on that property are capitalists. The
reverse of capitalism would be- that the
state take away the right to hold. pro-
perty, giving all people an, equal dis
tributiOn of property, according to the
Governor, who believed that the farm
ers especially should understand and
bear in mind that they are capitalists
and expressed the hope that the present
system of democratic government
founded on an economic system of CO.
operation may be maintained for the
benefit of the farmer and the farmers
children. t$ef.ssa :yist 3se
Governor Preus stated that his con-
ception of the power Of Governor. was a
very modest one and that he shohld OK
ercise that power very sparingly OH any
important piece Of legislation. He held
that the past session Of the legislature
was your legislature composed Of
representatives directly from the. peo-
pie and that the work Of that legisla-
ture reflected the will of the people of
the state. II believe that the ,egisla-
ture recently met, tried to reflect as
well as, if not better than any ;Orher
legislature, the will Of the people, they
had course to pursue and followed it, Z
were his words. ssy8s s:s 1 8 ss
That the farmer is entitled to par
ticular consideration because of the
hardships he must endure, more than
nearly any other class in the state, and
that the capitalist system is, best for
him. was the Governors opinion He
lustrated the fact by story Of 81 visit
to state hospital for the insane, where
he maintained. he learned something
new concerning it. There was woman
there who sought release through his
aid. He asked her what was co-opera-
ton She stated it by saying, You
help me get out Of here now and I'll
help you out when you get In"
Meeting the argument advanced by
some that everything should be taken
over by: tho state to avoid the middle
man, the Governor showed that every
Indication pointed to the failure of this
policy to bring large increased returns
to the farmer. According to his words,
the farmer wants the highest price for
his product, while the city man wants
to buy at the lowest price. With the
present ratio Of populat ion the middle
man and the manufactures, comprising.
the city people, would be in the ma Or-.
ity, as but 80 per cent of the people in
the state live on farms and in towns OF
less than $500. The other IS Per cent
live in cities and they would want the
lowest price for goods and products.
There would be little doubt who would.
control the situation then if the econ
:Omics system were changed.
The farmers were the last Of any:
class of men to join hands and help
each other substantially. although it
has been nearly forty years since the
company was formed, according to
Governor Preus. This principle of CO.
operation has saved many millions Of
dollars for the farmers, according to. the.
state executive, who believed that the
same principle should be carried to
more logical concl usiOns. The Farm
ers'' cooperative creameries came next
and the cooperate ion in dairy protects
has since developed immensely.
There was never greater co-opera-
tive movement started than that started
several weeks ago in st. Paul for the
cooperation Of the creameries Of Min
nesota to market cheese and butter and
z this same principle can, be lied to
everything raised on the farm, accord
ing to the state executive. He also
stated that under a recently created
office, there are state men who are
available to farmers in any locality for
assistance ii forming cooperative assoc
Citations. s.55
The Governor expressed the hope