The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-10-27

A vote for the Independent candi,
dates and for the Independent program
is a vote for "HoNESTY, ECONOMY,
EFFICIENCY, OPEN BOOKS AND
RESTORED CREDIT"
How the Independents Propose
to Save the State.
Here is the program that the indie.
pendent candidates in the recall cleo.
ton are pledged to put into operation:
!. TO reduce the possible bonded
Indebtedness Of the state other thar
farm loans from $12,0OO,OOO to $7,75O,.
600 and to authorize the issuance OF
bonds secured by first mortgages or
land (Rural Credit bonds), mortgages
to be limited to 500 of the value OF
the land mortgaged. School lane
money is loaned on that basis now
The debt limit can not be reduced
more until the debts that have beer
piled up during the last two years are
paid off.
2. To restore by the sale of new
bonds the funds, belonging to town
ships, cities, villages, school district.
and counties, that are now lost or tiet
up SOFAS to not be available for currenl
public expense.
3. To safeguard public funds 81
that no set of public officials, regard
less of whether they are Independents
Republicans or Democrats, can evel
again misuse public funds as our pres
ent industrial commission has done.
4. To take the Industrial com.
mission out Of politics and limit it.
powers and opera tons to the Mill anC
Elevator business at Drake and Crane
Forks and provide for completing ant
operating these and for closing up the
affairs of the Home Building Associa
ton. The Home Building Association
is now in hopeless tangle. No Worb
has been done on the mill and elevator
for almost year with no prospect OF
anything more ever being done as long
as Frazier, Lemke and Hagan are ir
charge Of the Industrial commission.
5. To provide for the closing Of the
Bank Of North Dakota and to estab
lish workable Rural Credit System
patterned after the South Dakota Sys
TEN under which thirty-siX million dol
lars worth Of bonds have been sold tc
people outside of the state and nearly
| hot nf IN
farmers during the same period OF
time that our officials have sold nc
bonds and made only a few farm loans
and most Of them to their political pets
and then only using public tax money
contrary to the provisions Of the law
authorizing the making Of real estate
loans.
6. To provide, by means Of two
election laws, for separate ballots fol
candidates for county, state and fed.
eral officers. One Of these extends to
all state officials the use Of the same
ballot for nomination and election, that
is now applied to all county officials
districts and supreme court Judges
and state and county superintendent
of schools. The other law provides fol-
the nomination and election of all fed.
eral and party officials in one election
by means of separate party ballots in
the primary election and one column
ballot in the general, election. Some
elective party officials are now elected
in one election and some in another
This law will do away with that prac.
tice which makes it easy for unscrupu.
lous politicians to disrupt. capture OF
injure political parties. The date for
this latter election is the same as the
township election day in March, which
generally brings out heavier vote in
the rural districts than the general
elections.
z. To stop swindlers and confidence
men from getting rich on the savings
of the pioneers Of North Dakota by
means Of stock selling schemes Of all
kinds. 49,, .a
8. To Immediately dismiss all need.
less state employees and otherwise
economic in the administration OF
public affairs
Every intelligent voter, whether In.
dependent or Nonpartsan, will admit
that this, is reasonable, practical and
necessary program and that public
officials regardless of whether they
are elected as Independents or Non.
partisans, should be limited in theil
powers and their operations as pro
posed in it.
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