Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-08-29
AVERY co. HEAD
| URGES DRASTIC
step In STRIKE
u. B. Bartholomew, Presi-
dent of Company, Gives
Views on Labor Unrest.

"LAbO union neaQS WHO Adse AooS
control of their organizations should
be dealt with with h utmost dis
patch, and no time lost to s~traighten
The tangle in which this country finds
itself at the present time as the re-
sult of tho miners n shopcra1ts
i strikes" said J.. r. Bartholomew OF
/ Peoria, ILL.,, president of the Avery
Threshing company, who with q party
, spent the day visiting at the local
! branch of the firm. ACCOMPANYING
him was his son J. B.. Bartholomew
{ Jr, and H. Is. Rose. of the engineer
ing department Of the company.
MI. Bartholomew stated that ne
motored from Peoria to this sect1on
more as a pleasure trip than on actuaI
business, expecting to visit a mp
of the Avery branches en- route: lne
party has toured eastern and southern
North Dakota, and all are pleased
With the general business outlook.
Asked in regard to the general Ia"
Dor unrest at the present time, Mr..
Bartholomew came back with an I'M
mediate retort.
III I We're President"
= ST have decided views on that
question, but I dare say you Won't
! publish it. If I had been president inc
last sixty days I'll tell you what l
would have lone. I would have calieo
President Lewis Of b miners union
to my office and If he failed to sno"
up l would have sent a united states
marshal to get him. ! would nave
told him that inasmuch as he appear
| cd to have no control over his or
g%anfzations, judging from the Herrin
massacre, 1 figured that he had bet
fer give up the reins to somebody with
more authority. In h meantime L
would have placed him behind the
bars as morally responsible for the
Herrin murders. I maintain that wage
scales of labor are relatively too h1gn
and that readjustments are 1neV1taoie'
and the public should not suffer while
this change is taking place. Thls 10
: my mind also applies to the shop
: crafts strike.
an regard to the political situation
in your state, I frankly state that l
am not vitality interested. for have
noticed that 90 per cent of the So
called statesmen have little regar Tor
the general welfare of the country
but act with the view OF getting Inc
most number of votes. I I'M very ut
tie Interested in what political party
a candidate belongs to, but I am In
tereated In what he does when elect
ed"
what North Dakota needs more
than anything else, as I see it. MI.
Bartholomew stated. in answer to q
! query, rs more and better farming
and less politics. By more farming l
mean smaller farms and a larger
number. These vast areas in this state
are going to the dogs as a result OF
slipshod methods Of farming. Sow
thistles and wild oats and other foul
weeds are consuming the profit the
farmer should have, and the result is
a wave of radicalism breaks forth to
remedy evils that originate on the
: farm and that ordinary horse sense
should rectify. Intensified and dlversi-
fed farming will cure the major evils
that agitators wall about, and genera.
prosperity would follow.
Better Farming.
by better farming I mean more
application of modern improved
methods, such as power farming, a:
well as a greater working capital FOL
the farmer, financed through legiti'
mate sources. la will permit him tt
operate his farm on a business basis
The government cannot nance thu
country indefinitely. The ideal way IL
for the farmer to finance himself, BY
. playing n year ahead Of the game
I look for this country to prosper IL
the future. as 1t is the finest farming
land I know Of. The only thing tina
can prevent general prosperity is tn.
isolation of circulation mediums, ani
that Is more than unlikely, in spite O.
tatemen to the contrary"