The Owosso times., 1922-09-01
American consumer.


800 merchandise that was sent
into the trenches in France
At that time the moneyed interests knew that
going to declare war Germany, They
had already set their machinery busy making cloth
ing for our soldiers, they knew that the passing of
the Lindquist bill was inevitable, and that it would
seriously effect their profits if their goods must pass
the inspection required by the Lindquist pure
chandise law. Then what happened bill
passed at Lansing without my knowledge, not even
the people of my district had voice in saying that
their congressman who had been lawfully elected to
represent them In congress- to be leglslated out
of congress- Other Congressman were called to voice
their sentiments in this most dsgraceful act But
they gave voice in the matter whatever. And
| am confident that the big interests who fought my
bill in Congress responsible for alternating me
from congress by act of the Michigan legislature
Every Political Boss in the district is OPP
Losed to my election, they were before, but de-
feated them by vote of nearly Sd of the entire vote
of the district, ond confident that the individual
voters of this district will 60 to the polls Primary
day and register their votes in favor of eliminating
the political machines.
The day is past when the political leaders
can blow into a town with caravan of high powered
automobiles filled with state officials 60 to the polit-
cal bosses for conference back of closed doors, and
then come out in big display advertisements, headed
by broad faced type this county and that county
hind the plow, not single whose livelihood de-
pends upon the contents of the pay envelope has
been consulted as to who shall be their candidate.
My Friends, just as long as you tolerate the
machine bosses In your community who take 1t upon
themselves to say for whom you must cast your bal
lot just long will the laws of our country continue
to refuse to protect the homes of our people.
When newspapers come out and undertake
to make positive statement in the early part of
campaign that certain candidate is the choice OF
the people, when the pc pie have not been consulted
they voicng only the sentiment of the few poit-
ical bosses.
Hundreds of letters are pouring into my
office daily from members of the farm bureau, grange
and other organizations. people OF good standing,
claiming that they had not endorsed any candidate,
and that they determined TO have the Lindquist
bill submitted to the United States congress. have
never asked any organization to endorse or my
platform | ask only the individual voter for under
our form of government he is the only person who
has the right to direct his ballot, and thank God
that the day has past when he needs political die
tator to tell him for whom he shall cast his ballot
During my time in congress fathered the
fight against the lifting of the embargo on foreign
potatoes against every city congressman in America
who determined to allow the foreign diseased
potatoes to enter ports. | showed by records of
agricultural experts that ifths embargo was lifted
that it would transplant the foreign potato wart to
our lands and destroy every potato field in America
corried on that fight single handed and my evil
dence sustained by the congressman ofother rural
districts and the lifting of the embargo was voted
down. 1t was said that it was one of the greatest
victories ever won by member of congress
openly fought the permitting of flour to be shipped
into this country free of duty, when many members
dodging the issue account of votes from the
cities
Congress is suffering for the need of business men
and farmers men to represent their particular lines of in
dustry 1t is true that need attorneys well but not
more than 909o which we already have. believe that
every person seeking seat in congress should specialize
certain legislation.
tConnued in the next issue # this paper)
Vote to Submit the Lindquist Pure Merchandise
Bill to Congress. A