Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-07-20

mao a good deal OF success, Paris dong It's pest to
give them a good time.
CANADIAN FARMERS.
h In the Manitoba provincial elections the United
Farmers party has won IS or more of the Sc seats
in the legislature thus obtaining a clear majority
over the combined elements Of opposition. For
some time no doubt has been entertained as to the
general character of the result, the only question be-
ing that of majorities. 1t has been accepted as Ger
tain that the Liberal administration, headed by Pre-
mier Norris, would be defeated and that the United
Farmers organization would succeed it. Success for
the Conservative party was deemed out of the ques-
ton, as was that of any one of the other and smaller
fparties represented.
Many causes contributed to the Manitoba re-
suit. The element Of time was against the admins
~tration. The Liberals had been in power for seven
years, and in that time any administration has piled
against it many grievances, real or alleged. The
charge of extravaganza in the construction of the
new parliament buildings. operated strongly against
the administration The spirit of change which is so
strongly in evidence throughout the whole world
was in evidence in Manitoba, as elsewhere, and this
1t would be: a mistake, ow .vat to draw a close
parallel between the farmer. movement in Canada
and the movement which was foistcd on the farmers
OF North Dakota, and which has brought this state
into such undesirable prominence. When the United
+ armers of Ontario captured the government OF, that
province in the last election there, messages of con-
NNAS ~ANt SiNAA -i~0ASAS Nh1A IL " y,
by A. {. Townley and others associated with the
Nonpartlsan movement here. Those congratula-
tons had their humorous aspect to those who con-
trasted the wild and reckless radicalism of Townley
with the sturdy dependability and essential con-
|servatism of the Ontario dirt farmer. The differ
ence between the two men is not more striking than
the difference between the policies which they repre-
scented. The progressively expanding platforms
promulgated by Townlcy have their root in that
type of socialism whose ideal is the commune, in
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out of existence. In the Ontario farmers platform
there is no hint of socialism, nor has there been in
the policies inaugurated by the new administration.
1t is significant that today in Ontario, the center of
Canadian Conservatism. the home of hundreds of
manufacturing establishments whose Investments
run into millions each, while there are questions as
to the wisdom of some of the administration policies,
the farmer premier and his cabinet have the respect
and confidence. not only of their own partisans. who
are quite largely farmers, but of merchants, manu-
lecturers professional men and residents Of the
cities generally. ~
The farmer movement in the prairie provinces
is substantially like that in Ontario. Mr.. Townley
once essayed the organization of western Canada
along Nonpartisan league lines. His ~overtures were
considered calmly, and he, was sent packing, with
%neatness and dispatch. The western farmers want
ed a political movement of their own, but that did
not approve of the brand offered them by Townley.
Nonpartisan leaghers in this state will be sub
jected to an effort to revive their enthusiasm and
loosen their cash by being told that the election in
Manitoba presages the rejuvenation of their own
political movement. If any of them are i'll doubt as
to just what the situation is, let them get into touch
with the new Manitoba administration and propose
to that body the Inauguration of a Home Building
association and a Bank of Manitoba on lines similar
to those employed in North Dakota. Let them sug-
gest filling the chairs in the University of Manitoba
with communistic politicians. Let them propose the
loading up of one of the standard banks with post
dated checks. Let them propose a: few other things
which have been characteristic: Of league manage
ment in North Dakota. Let proposals such as these
be made, and then let those who make them observe
the reception which they receive.