Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1922-09-06

steel son MAKES
REPLY TO CHAR ES
Minnesota Sound Government Assn.
Norman County Branch
s. b. Bergh Secretary
Halstad, Mimi, Aug. 6, 1922
Hon. III STEVENSON, ~ s
Washing 2. J. 5sss 81
Dear Sir ~ - .ss sa
am enclosing herewith fan article
appearing in the Norman County Post
and credited to the Country Press.
Such articles as this without any fur
Their explanation are very misleading
and ought not to, 60 unnoticed !; at
least a reply from those most concern
ed should bep Forthcoming: II would
suggest that reply be made by you
and Mr.. Kellogg and published in the
papers of this district. - n
want to say few words in re-.
gard to the coal situation and which
presume you are familiar with.
There appears to be not by any.
means coal enuf for threshing this
crop, and unless relief is had 1 am
afraid there will be a lot of grain not
| threshed. am interested in thresh-j
ing outfit myself and we had hard
| time getting enuf coal to start with,
and we had to buy Kentucky lump,
$3.50 a ton more than ordinary steam
coal, in order to get along. Some say
they can burn straw. Well, practic-
| ally all engines are equipped with coal
CRATES and if they did want to. change
there are no CRATES available.
The coal situation is very serious
affair and am afraid there is going
to be a lot Of suffering when cold
weather sets in.
Hoping to hear from you, I am,
| ~ - Your truly, 49,: Y.
"l@ (Signed) S. E. Bergh.
-(The Article Referred to Above)
Wefald and Stevenson
Old timers Of the ninth district who
have been watching the political trend
of affairs in the district for over a
quarter Of century, feel absolutely
confident that Mr.. Wefald will be the
next congressman from this district.
Two years ago, N. e. Thormodson,
the farmers candidate for congress,
came within a few votes of defeating
Halvor STEVENSON in the primaries
$50 more votes for Thormodson would
have defeated Steenerson That was
a pretty close call in a district that
has over $4,000 votes. -
/ Not many farmers or business men
who, have learned to know what the
Esch- Cummins railroad law and Fed
eral Reserve Bank law is, will care
very much about voting for either
Mr.. kellogg or Steenerson, as they
both helped, and voted to put this
damnable burden upon the people OF
this country. It is the most vicious
piece Of legislation ever thrust upOI
the people Of this country, and the
. only reason that every congressman
and United States senator who voted
, for these two damnable laws, has no.
been ousted, is because the people
have been kept in ignorance from
now begun to learn the facts and viii
register their protest in November.
Facts and figures, prove that tn
farmers of Hawley and vicinity wer'
robbed of $65,O00 last year on thei
potato crop alone by the Esch-Cum
Minis railroad law which Mr.. Kellog'
and Stevenson voted for and helpe!
put over. - 49,: s,... H.. U.s.. ..4g$ +. u. p
; Just think Of it; robbed Of ;$65, OO
on the potato crop alone, at the ship
ping station Of Hawley. How man.
: hundred thousand dollars would tina
mean that the farmers Of Clay coun
, ty were robbed of on their potat
crop alone last year? They were al
. robbed Of a like portion on everything
they sold from the farm and upol
everything they bought all on accoun
Of the passage Of this damnable Esch
: Cummins railroad law which MI
: Stevenson and Mr.. Kellogg voted fol
: Railroad rates are fixed in accord
! ance with the amount sof, capital whicl
; the officials of the railroad fix them
selves and their capitalization. AZ
cording to a complete government ar
praisal of all the railroads in tn
s country before the war, it was foun
: that these corporations had tackled o
: over nine billion dollars above thei
actual valuation-in other words, MI
: Stevenson and Mr.. Kellogg voted 70
!; La law which compels the government
:. and the people to pay dividend O
= : over nine billion dollars Of capita
: which never existed, and no sane Law
! yer, doctor, banker, preacher or farme
: who has read any thing at all pertain
5 ing to public affairs will deny thi
statement. They all know it's fac
! The Federal Reserve Bank law is eve
: a worse steal on the people Of thi
!, country than the outrageous Escl
: Cummins railroad law. Stevenson an
: Kellogg were boosters for both q
{ these laws. It is every man an
!. woman's duty to inform themselve
= what these laws are, then see how 70
!, like them. If there is any man Q
~, Hlo =,