The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1921-02-18
ANSWERS ARTICLE
BY c.. B. CHENNEY
IN MPLS. JOURNAL
Shows That the /. v. A and Not the
League are Directly Responsible for
the Condition Now i'm North Dakota

The Minneapolis Journal Of Feb
18th contained a report from North
Dakota by c. B. Cheney trying to
convey the impression that the Nom
PARTISAN League is the cause of al
. Ahe trouble and bank failures in
shat state while If you read his
whole write up you will find that
he tells you that the opposition to
che League is what has caused the
trouble. Let Us analize his article.
1t starts with large head lines
across the entire front page OF the
Journal "League Schemes Bring
Chaos in North Dakota. He con-
tends that the League drives capt.
tai out of the state. OF course he
does not mention that the League
administration had arranged to sell
$4,000, 900 Of bonds to buyers out
eide Of the state in 1919 and that
n was the enemies of the League
Who drove that $17,000,000 out Of
che state by starting the ~ tax pay
ors suit and they succeeded In keep
ting that amount out Of the state
and now they try to blame the
League for keeping capial out of the
state when as q matter OF record
Che League tried to get outside cap
ital into the state and had succeeded
except for the ~ tax payers suit
~ the enemies Of the League. 1t is
therefore plain that the enemies of
the League stopped that $17.000,00O
from coming into the state and that
ehey have done everything in their
power since to discredit the state.
Mr.. Cheney states on page one
Of the Journal that most of the
money of the bank Of North Dakota
has gone into long time farm loans
while on page two he states that
/ o., s0o,0 is in farm loans.
Apparently a very small fraction
Sof thing looks to Mr.. Cheney like
most Of It.
Z While trying in most glazing
ways to discredit the administra-
Sion he incidentally drops some
goruth. Here is one: 'sWhen the peo-
Die in November passed the initiate
ed law removing the rule that re-
auires all local branches Of the gov.
eminent to deposit their money In
she Ban kof North Dakota they
struck a death blow to the system.
Ever since that law took effect, Dec.
Ord trouble has been accommodating
for the state bank"
Yes the Non-partisans said that II
chat law was passed it would start
trouble and they worked hard
against it's passage while the men
opposed to the League worked hard
% have It passed and thus start
erouble and they won out. Cheney
says that law STRUCK the death
Blow. OF course it did and it struck
= death blow to the bank OF North
Dakota and a whole lot Of other
hanks. 1t was initiated by the oppon-
onts of the League for the very pur-
pose of striking death blow to the
hank Of North Dakota and now the
5. v. AS like the Kaiser are apt to
Do swallowed up in the whirlpool of
6Aeir own making. It is perfectly
plain that the opposition to the
League started the trouble because
Shey started that initiated law which
Zr. Cheney says sarted the trou-
Die on Dec. 3rd. Hence It fs also
Dlain that IL that Law had not been
initiated by the Independents and
nat IL the Non-partisans had had
1heir way there would have been no
l1souble in North Dakota for there
would have been no death blow
% the system" which death blow
hes closed many private banks and
j nay close many moro.
IA Mr.. Cheney states that the Bank
IS North Dakota has $5,000,000 on
s1eposit in various banks in the state
ma that about $50 Of these banks
ere refusing to pay the bank OF NJ
slDakota, that 'tthey ere simply re-
lnaiating against the Csthro order
I'D the device Of gsrnisheeing Bank
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