Little Falls herald., 1922-11-17
RURAL EDIT Plan
wins | ! [ BY 100000.
AMENDMENT NO. FAVORED BY
OVERWHELMING MAJORITY
OF VOTERS TUESDAY.
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!
Adoption of Amendment No. /, pro
| viding for the establishment Of 8
system of long time loans for farmers
was adopted by voters in the election
last Tuesday by more than 100000
majority. ...-->
Tabulations made at the st. Paul Of
fees Of the Minnesota Farm Bureau
Federation, on information obtained
from the Associated Press, show that
| up to the end of last week, the amend
ment had enough support to carry ever
| if all remaining precincts went against
| it solidly.
The amendment had 379,143 votes
for and 36,569 against when 2011 pre-
cincts out Of 3479 in the state had re-
ported. This tabulation included near
ly all of Ramsey, more than half OF
Hennepin and about 10 percent of St
Louis county. Complete reports had
| been obtained from 2l counties. Other
| scattering returns indicated that the
| proposal had carried every county in
the state.
To be adopted, the amendment had
to be supported by more than major
ity of the voters voting in the election
The highest vote, according to unotfi
cial returns, was for governor, fol
| which office, 651,73 ballots had been
counted, with few precincts missing
J Therefore, it seems impossible that
more than 100000 votes could have
been cast, making it necessary for the
amendment to have $4,000 eyes
votes to pass. With but fve-eights of
the vote in, the amendment had more
than that number.
Amendment No. 2, making the oc
! cupational tax a part of the constitu
tion, was running somewhat behinG
Amendment No. l. The total vote, on
| the face Of returns from 1876 pre-
cincts was 200,978 for and 32,524
against. There was some doubt as tc
| whether it would obtain the needed
! majority. No special campaign was
/ waged in it's behalf, though the drive
for Amendment No. l is credited with
having made thousands Of votes for it
In a statement, issued after it be-
came obvious that the Amendment haG
| passed, Mr.. Reed says the papers il
small towns and villages were the
most important factor in solidifyine
sentiment in it's favor.
| The text Of Mr.. Reeds statement
! follows:
AS Chairman of the Committee OF
| Minnesota farmers organizations to Sc
cure the adoption of Amendment No
] to our state constitution at the re-
| cent election, it is especially crafty.
ing to me to be able to say that all of
the leading business organizations of
the state, with the exception of those
interests that have heretofore preyed
| upon the farmers misfortune in his
credit situation, were solidly in favor
| of its adoption.
Lied by all the candidates for gov.
ernor- Governor Preus, Hon. Magnus
johnson and Hon. Edward Indrehus-
the small towns and villages were the
all OF whom made it an important
part of their public addresses to ex-
plain its provisions and urge its adop-
tlon and closely followed by all legis.
lative candidates in the state, could
not fail to render a most powerful in:
tluence toward it's adoption. Theodore
Chrlstlanson, author Of the amendment,
Hon. N. j. Holmberg, Commissioner of
Agriculture, William Mahoney, presi.
dent Of the Trade and Labor Assembly
OF st. Paul, and many others rendered
yeoman service in bringing to our vot-
ers it's Importance to agriculture.
"The country press, with scarcely
an exception, stood back of it solidly
and the volumes Of explanation and
discussion printed therein probably
was the greatest factor in statewide
dissemination of the advantages that
must come to agriculture and all allied
interests by it's adoption. The country
press carried the message in most
forceful and convincing manner
"Farmers' organizations in the
state are exceedingly thankful to all
interests that stood so Loyalty behind
this movement. We are sure that the
legislature will enact into law the
principle of credits made possible by
the adoption Of this amendment.
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