The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-10-09
0'CONN0R TELLS
HOW HE'DV0TE
IN us. SENATE S
Candidate for United States
Senator Talks Upon
National Problems
REVIEWS FIGHT IN STATE
Cites Conditions That Would
Be Found in Return
Of the League
REVIEWS FIGHT IN STATE

Declaring that if elected to U.
s. Senate he would seek to inter-
pret the will Of people of state of
North Dakota, whose first interest
is in agriculture. J.. F. T. O'Connor
spoke to a large crowd in the Bis;
marck auditorium Saturday night,
outlining some Of his ideas on
measures he would advocate in the
National Congress. Before the
speech Mr.iO'Connor was guest at
dinner at the Grand Pacific of the
newly formed O'Connor-Nestos
club, and later in the evening spoke
at Mandan. Mr.. O'Connor was in
troduced at the auditorium by
Theodore Koffel.
Among the measures Mr.. O'Con-
nor said he would advocate is the
Great Lakes st. Lawrence water
way.
1--WE must complete in wheat
market with Argentina wheat grow
ers, who move their grain 200 miles
to sea, when we must haul grain
1900 miles to seaport, he said. IF
we could send that wheat from
Buffalo up St. Lawrence river on
ocean-going vessels we would save
10 cents a bushel on cost sof ex-
porting it,
Such project, he asserted, could
be paid for out of water power de-
veloped in the project and trans
portation charges.
The question Of marketing, he
said, is a proper subject for ma
tional legislative body. Stating
that under present arrangement
much O.: grain is marketed in thir-
ty to sixty day period in fall, he
advocated cooperation among farm
ersN so that it may be marketed
gradually, and financing of such
organizations through national
agencies such as war finance and
Federal Reserve banks.
There is demand for extension of
credit on the same basis as the
Federal Farm Loan banks but by
providing loans on a twenty year,
or long amortization plan, and he
asserted that study Of figures
showed that, through the federal
reserve banks the farmers had not
received as much consideration in
proportion to the enormity of the
business of agriculture as other
lines Of business.
Policy on Tariff
With respect to the tariff he
reiterated his stand that so long as
protection is the policy of the
country agriculture should receive
proper protection and representa-
tives in congress of the great
agricultural states should stand
together on this matter.
Mr.. O'Connor also discussed
state issues at length, pointing out
what he believed return of the
league to power would mean, q re-
turn to conditions under. the league
administration. s.,n
Blames Frazier, Lemke
Upon the shoulders of Lynn j.
Frazier and William Lemke he
laid the blame for rotteness in the
Bank Of North Dakota and in the
breakdown of the entire league
administration.
"These leaders Of the Nonparti-
san league declare that they are
the friends of the farmers, but
they have fought the best interests
of the farmers" he asserted.
Mr.. O'Connor said that few
days ago at Grace City he talked
to some farmers who. operated a
small mill. They pointed to stacks
Of flour and said that if they could
sell the -four they could sell their
wheat and get along, and if every
body laid in his winter supply of
flour the depression of price caus-
ed by the flooding Of the market
could be arrested.
$50, after talking with these
farmers suggested Ia -four week
when everybody would lay in his
winter supply Of four" said O'Con-
nor, 1'and Immediately l am told
that l am working in the interests
Of the millers. am reminded of
the price Of bushel Of wheat and
a sack Of flour and told that there
should not be the difference in the
price-that the miller is getting
too much profit. ! do not know
what the proper price for flour is.
am against profiteering. But,
my friends, if that is true the men
who are responsible are Hagan,
Lemke and Frazier. They ran a
state mill for one year and they
ought to be able to give us the
figures on the cost of producing
flour, instead they gave us nothing
but loss Of $4,000 and no books
at ALL"
Two years ago, he said, the lea
que leaders told the farmers not to
sell their wheat at $2.65 and many
of them held it until they got but
80 cents bushel. He cited forml
er Governor Frazier's veto Of the
Terminal Elevator bill in 1917.
Mr.. O'Connor referred to the leg
islature Of 1917 when he among
others opposed the notorious house
bill No. a..
H. B. Al Socialism
81 was told that this was the
greatest bill ever introduced in a
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