The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-09-21

farmers to the best of his ability-and
his ability has been highland one
whom no man has been able to crit
icize, justly, for his actions in public
life. He is opposed by the only man
in the United States who has ever
been recalled from a gubernational
chair, a man who allowed his appoin-
tees to mismanage state affairs so
grossly, and violate laws so fragrant
Nv. that his administration has become
a scandal thruout the nation. A man
who has upheld the rankest kind OF
socialists, who has protected l. W. w.
members in the state and forbidden
the authorities to interfere with them
in their efforts to eXtort exorbitant
wages from the farmers. A man who
has condoned the violation of the laws
under which the Homebuilders associ-
alton operated, who permitted state
employees to carry the records OF the
state institutions around the state in
suitcase when attempts were made
to probe the affairs of the institu-
ton, man who encouraged working
men to put their money in the Scan
dinavian American bank when he
knew that the bank was insolvent, a
man who, in his final moments in Of
flee, attempted to sell state bonds at
much less than their market value and
a man who awarded farm loans as
political favor when needy, resilient
farmers were unable to obtain help.
That is the choice before the voters
of North Dakota and it should not be
hard for the ordinary man or woman
10 decide which candidate he would
rather have representing him in
washington. -"~-.''".
! William Lemke spreads a long
winded statement across the top of
his en-. this morning in which he
states that the law creating the Bank
of North Dakota provides for the adj
vancing Of 80 percent of the value OF
wheat when in a farmers granary,
providing it is properly insured and
that that is all the farmer needs to
finance his crop until the price raises
to suit him. Lemke goes on to say
that the present industrial commits
sion could help the farmer if it want
ed to and that the league leaders
would use that law for the farmers
advantage if elected That sounds
real nice. Mr.. Lemke may be able to
get votes on statement of that kind
but we doubt it. The memory of con-
ditions in the Bank of North Dakota
during the FraZier-Lemke regime is
too fresh in the minds Of the voter.
Instead of the Bank of North Dakota
having an abundance Of money with
which to finance the farm crop that
institution was unable to meet the
checks issued to pay the expenses of
state institutions. Hundreds Of checks
were "registered" and the holders of
the same were unable to get cash fol
them until such time as the manage
iment wanted to pay them-and they
were slow about wanting to. Posi-
bly, Lemke has taken some sort OF
course in business management since
being recalled from office and feels
that he is now better qualified to look
after state finances and should be sent
to the gubernational chair SO that he
might have chance to try out his
new theories but it is questionable i
, very many people will be enthusiasts
tic about giving them a chance fo]
) any new experiments. Past perform
ance is good indication as to wha
, man will do if given another oppor
tunity and taxpayers are not anxious
} to give Lemke much authority owe
:. state finances again when they sto]
i, to think of the manner in which h
= handled things when in office.
= The Nonpartisan Leader of Angus
q 26 contains a page ad. advertiser!
y. Kota wheat. The ad. is headed "tak
? The Gamble Out of Wheat Growing
I Inasmuch as the Nonpartisan Leade
o stands for this adj. in it's columns i
4 must stand for the apparent graf
j. that is behind it. A very descliptiv
G write-up of this rust preventativ
wheat is given in the ad. and the far
? mers are earnestly invited to get ri
o of the rust question by buying thi
wheat at S6.75 per bushel - yer