The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-11-03
Preus, Bowen and Clague
Addressed Large Gathering


sadness. ] could say with flowers,
what / probably couldn't say. The
mill has opened, but 1t will have to
close in the near future. because 1t
cannot make a success against
competition"
Governor Preus explained the
reason the mill was built. The
leaders of the league went to the
farmers and told him that he should
share in the large difference be-
tween what he sold his hides and
wool to make suits and shoes, in
stead Of only getting the amount OF
his sale Of the product. The farmer
was to share in the amount which
went to the middleman, they were
told. !
"They wanted to make North
Dakota the nliddleman, that was to
receive the difference between the
raw material and the manufactured
goods. 1t was a line to adopt So
cialism." -
Governor Preus told OF being i'll a
few days ago, and Of going to q doc
tor for treatment. In a hurry to get
well, he said, he took more of the
remedy than the doctor prescribed
and as 2 result the skin began to
"The situation is the same with
the farmers of North Dakota they
were looking for remedy, but
they helped themselves with the
remedy which was not the right one
and they got skinned the same as
/ did. "
The governor explained TO the
voters the likely consequences to
result from the opening Of the new
L.. MI p Il
illustration Of himself as the man
as the workers, giving a certain
amount Of wages and selling price
of product. He then told Of what
would OCCUR when they met the
competition Of the big flour mill
corporations Of Minneapolis and st.
Paul.
Principle 10 Wrong
: "The principle of that govern
ment is wrong. There never has
been a time since they started
grinding -four that a government
could 60 into business and COM
pete with a business already estab-
lished. The theory is all wrong,
they are trying to make North Da-
kota the middleman and It won't
work"
He then swung into an explana-
tion of what the state of Minnesota
had done to help the farmer get a
great part of the middlensan's profit.
I'm the past two years, we have
developed the CO. operative methods
Of marketing. We are the leader
in the butter manufacturing indus
try. Several years ago butter was
selling from eight to twelve cents
Yon1nd and fndoU tho nFjna IF ho
same commodity is from forty FIVE
to fifty cents a pound.
In putting the CO.. operative mar
keting plan, we, showed the farmer
that he must become broker of his
own product to share also in, the
small amount which went to the
,middlemen or brokers. The CO. OPP
ferative organizations got their own
brokers and have done their bust
ness. A convention was called q
short time ago OF CO. operative or
CARNATIONS at which three hundred
creameries of the state agreed to
sell the product of their creameries
to their own broker, and as result
the farmer is sharing in the five
cents which formerly went to other
brokers In the first year under this
plan, ever one half of the butter Of
the state has been handled by the
farmers own brokers. The farmer
is his own broker instead Of the
state of Minnesota" =
Farmers have similar organiza-
tons the liver stock dealers coop
erative concern. Today Minnesota
is the greatest CO. operative state in
the union. I have been invited to
talk before several Canadian clubs
on our cooperation plan following
the general election
Situation Is Bad
The situation in our neighboring.
state is very sad, very sad indeed
Here in Minnesota we can sit on
the bleachers and watch the reS
suits and it won't cost us a cent
while the people of North Dakota
will be paying their debt for many
! years to come"
Leaving the topic of the Nom
partisan Of league the governor
state, and called the attention of
the people that for the first time
in-the history of the state, the peo-
pie during the past two years have
been relieved of direct tax for
the maintaining of their state gov
| eminent.
"The entire cost of the state gov
eminent and state institutions was
paid for out of taxes collected from
corporations such as the gross
earnings tax on railroads and 9th
er pubic service corporations and
departmental fees. This year for
! the second time in the history OF
the tstae, he people will have no di-
| rect tax for the maintenance of the
state government, and this is
largely due to the gross earnings
On railroads and from other
| sources"
'ou Of every one hundred dollars
of taxes you pay, three dollars and
thirty nine cents goes for state
purposes, Of which very trivia!
amount goes to- the state officials.
Part of that amount goes to pay
the soldier bonus, which don't
think any of US regret, this armory
md the other armories of the state
get large part Of that $3.50. Then
| there is the pensions to our teach
srs, park In the northern section
| Il the state and fund for the nor.
Shern fire sufferers all of which
anne out of that direct levy"
There are other people who
handle the money you pay in taxes
other than the state officials. Your
townships spend $2.19 out of every
hundred dollars Ten dollars and
some odd cents go to the county
officers to carry on their work, and
from what know they don't han
die too much"
Twenty five dollars out of ev-
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