The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-04-27
LEAGUE CANDIDATES
ISSUE PLATFORM

q. lOOUL LhlI UNI
w e reaffirm our confidence I'M th,
@ Industrial Program as enacted int
law. 8: s..3. 5s
u We stand for a substantial incraas,
in the Legislative limit for farm Sta
bond issue. ~
We favor the extension of cre.-. y
the Bank of North Dakota to cooper
Give enterprises to aid in marketing
II fam produce.
8s We favor the extension of the ma
turing period of farm loan bonds.
We approve the work done by tht
Agricultural Bloc in the United States
4 Congress. .. at z5: z5s.,.: .255.$.
We demand the enactment Of tht
Ladd currency bill. l.s@ s.szs ssszs
We demand a price for Agriculture
produce above the cost of production
1 to save the farmer, and open the fac.
tories to full time operations. r
& We stand for liberal adjusted com.
pensation-the so-called Bonus fol
the man who won the war. .& .s:> LIS II
We stand for continuing on the
statutes, the labor laws as enacted by
the 1919 legislature. ..5S'''s &.@.S
$* Bert F. Baker as. the League and
Labor candidate for the nomination
! for governor at the June urimaries
goes before the people of North Da-
Skota for support, standing directly
: upon the above platform, together
with all other candidates named at
the state convention held in Fargo.
e. What platform is Mr.. Nestos and
other opposition candidates standing
upon? Stated briefly, as outlined in
the papers that are supporting him,
it is a platform of destruction-the
Bank of North Dakota, the state mill
and elevator-all must go. 'Turn the
key in the door," s.,
The farmers should get one thing
very firmly fixed in their minds-that
the present fight is to DESTROY
what they have built up. ,: -.
To accomplish that purpose, a COM
paign of falsehoods about the bank
and directly or Indirectly against all
of the state industrial program has
been started, and will be waged with
increasing intensity till June 2S.
1t is evident now, that the opposi-
ton figures on a campaign of mis-
representation, villification and bare
faced untruths--they will refuse to
. discuss issues-just scarecrow CAM
paign that will do more harm outside
the state than inside. Every effort will
be made to, arouse suspicion and dis
trust. - 1T #E.@ =
Mr.. Baker and his colleagues come
before the people with definite state
ments. They do not want the League
program destroyed they want prom
ises made to the people carried out,
they want the Bank of North Dakota
to serve the people and gradually,
step by step to serve the people more
fully. ~ |l r. .>-.- g
They were not, and are not office
seekers, but were rather wrafted be-
cause THEY REPRESENT PRINCI-
PIES, principles for which the peo-
pie of this state have fought hard,
and sarcificed much. .-. 49,
Mr.. Baker has a record that is un-
assailable. Opposition papers cannot
find a peg in his past record upon
which to hang a criticism. He has had
Is years experience on his farm in
Renville county knows the problems
that confront the farmer and under
stands the remedies the farmers pro-
pose. <1..[. -. i<.ss&, f@s
The fact that he had Is years of
experience at the head Of several, large
schools in Illinois, and several years
business experience gives him a gem
eral grasp of things that serves to
equip him splendidly to the big tasks
that confront q governor Of North Da-
kota. .$A4s5 &:5.%.s 25.:gzz. - : .ss ssp
He is the type Of man the people can
safely tie to-he will never betray
them. His colleagues are the same
type Of men. They are committed to
the principles for which the people
have fought. & n
He il too big to pay any attention
to the Wolfish attacks on the League
institutions. He will defend his prin-
ciples, and will refuse to be led into
any petty bypaths by the opposition.
Such a dignified, sane course is GO
ing to meet with the appreciation d
the thinking people Of the state. They
will respect a. candidate who refuses
to slander his state just for political
capital n. Il Is s5,|s 4 III
Business men as well as farmers
I and workers are going to frown upon
/ those who persist in picturing the
I state as wrecked, thus hating irnrni-
4 grafton and development, just to
please = few politicians.
Such support will add materially
to the strength Of Bert #. Baker and
his colleagues csndi didates with q con-
structive program, who do not consid-
er abuse as any argument.
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
All q meeting of last seasons Bas:
& ketball team Lionel Riley was chosen
captain-elect for next year. Riley y
I a Sophomore and has two years "a
play for Bottinean High School vel