The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-10-28
PRBUS CONDEMNS
STATES GOING
INTO BUSIN ESS
Says You Might as Well Throw
Money Into Fire as in
Grand Forks Mill
REFUSES TO COMPROMISE
Declares That Line is Clearly
Drawn Between Socialism and
Cooperative Endeavor

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State socialism in any form was
condemned by Governor J. A. o
Preus, of Minnesota, in speech al
the city auditorium last night. HI
condemned socialism first as mat.
ter OF principle and secondly as be-
ing impossible of attainment OF
practical success.
when think of you people put.
ting your money in the Drake mill
in Grand Forks-I hear you are 60
ing to dump $3,000,000 more there
think you might as well put your
money in paper dollars and have
thrown them into the Northwest
hotel fire last night" declared Gov
ernOr Preus. The declaration brought
applause.
He declared the state of North
Dakota cannot put "a big mill in
Grand Forks and compete in mill
ing with John Crosby. He declared
there never has been state-owned
Industry successfully competing with
private industry"
y Governor Preus devoted consider
able portion of his opening remarks
to discussion of socialism, and de-
clared that the principles of the
Nonpartisan league leaders were
those of socialism, and the program
mapped out by the league leaders as
leading toward complete socialism.
my objection to the Nonpartisan
league and my only objection-be-
cause I feel that the farmers should
have organized long ago as did the
business men and the laboring men
is that it was organized by socialists
and socialism has been put into
operation in this state"
Names Socialist Leaders
He specifically named A. C. Town
ley, and Arthur LeSueur, saying
he understood the latter was
now campaign for the independents
Bowen, Coates and other socialist
leaders as having been leaders
In the Nonpartisan league. He
declared that they sought to
make North Dakota the same sort
Of government as obtains in Russia
as, he said, Russia is the only COM
plete example of state socialism in
the world.
"Your remedy in North Dakota" he
said, condemning the Industrial pro-
gram Of the league, ''is that of state
socialism whereby the state shall
buy what the farmer produces, manu-
facture it and sell the finished pro-
duct. That is fundamentally your
plan under the industrial commits
sion"
He declared the problem Of mark
citing was largely solved in Mime
sofa, referring to the growth of CO.
operative organizations, speaking
especially of the cooperative cream
cries and the potato marketing as
sociations. He said the Minneapolis
Chamber of Commerce and the South
3 Sto Paul livestock market had been
S opened by Minnesota law to farmers
organizations.
Fairness Toward Opponents
Governor Preus reviewed hsi COM
paign in Minnesota last year, 1t ap-
peared he might have word of ad
vice for North Dakota in it when he
said that when he started his cam
paign he was told he could run it as
he chose, because he couldn't win any
way.
Every speaker l sent out was in
structed that the moment he said an
ungenerous thing about an opponent
he would be taken off the stump"
declared the Governor. He said there
was no bitterness in the campaign
from his side-that it was a discus
sion of principles involved.
In emphasizing this earlier in his
speech the Governor decarled that if
he had been farmer in North Dako-
ia and some one had come around
and told him the Nonpartisan league
was organized to solve his market
ing problems he would have paid
SIG and become member. He added
that he would have dropped his mem
bership as quickly as he learned OF
the views of government Of the lead
ers of the league.
"They tried state socialism in
Canada, and they build big elevators
but they stood practically empty, be-
cause the farmers sold to the pri-
vately-owned elevators he said.
$50 they, turned right around and or
ganized the United Grain Growers
of Canada and this has been huge
success
Mr.. Preus was listened to intently
by an audience which filled the
auditorium. He was on the platform
with r. A. Nestos, Independent
candidate for Governor; Joseph A.
Kitchen, candidate for Commissioner
of Agriculture and Labor, and C. l.
Young, who introduced him.
NEsTos. ASKS CREDIT
OF STATE REDEEMED
r. A. Nestos, who followed Govern
or Preus, took as the theme of his
speech the redemption of the credit
of the state, asserting. it had. been
destroyed by the present administra'
tion and asserting that the Independ
ents offered an avenue whereby i
may be restored.
Mr. Nestos was given close atten
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