Askov American., 1928-02-23
N. D. NONPARTISANS
LAUNCH CAMPAIGN
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Outlook for Victory Good.

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Outlook for Victory Good.
The prospects of League victory in
North Dakota appear bright. Con-
ditions both economic and political
operate to the advantage of the
league. The farmers need legisla-
tion in their interest as much as they
have ever needed it. The forces of
reaction are somewhat split. Two
influential 1. v. A. leaders are de-
endorsement by the I. v. A.
for the U. S. senatorship.
AS a result much i'll feeling has been
created.
The platform of the League is one
that will appeal to the rank and file
more than any that the League has
advocated in years. Due to the in
fluence of certain Farmer-Laborites
in the convention, the leaguers adopted
plank providing for the extension of
the operations of the bank of North
Dakota into the several counties of
the state. This plank reads as fol-
lows:
Extension of Bank of N. D. Demanded.
1--WE demand that the bank of
North Dakota be operated as
peoples bank and that it be oper-
ated by the industrial commission
and that it be operated as a real
bank and not as mere adjunct
to the private banks, performing
merely the functions of a clear
ing house. We are for the estab-
lishment of a branch of the bank
of North Dakota in any county
whenever a majority of the people
of such county demand it."
The convention also went on record
in favor of the establishment of more
state owned terminal elevators with
in the state and that the mill and
elevator association be operated in
the interest of the farmers and con-
sumers of this state, and that it be
freed from the influence of Twin City
and other milling combines.
Independent Political Action Desired.
It is quite evident that the more
intelligent and active of the League
leaders are in favor of resorting to
Independent political action and to
shed the cloak of hypocrisy which
must be made use of so long as resort
to capture of the Republican primary
is had. It is all but a certainty
that should the League candidates fail
of nomination in the Republican pri-
mary in June a full slate of candi-
dates will be placed in the field at
the general election under the desig-
nation Farmer-Labor. Should this
happen it will probably mark the end
of nonpartisanship in North Dakota
by the progressives of that state.
Irish Free State to Operate Hydro.
Electric Project.
In a recent interview with the
press, John Joseph Murphy, chairman
of the Shannon electricity board in
the Irish Free State, predicted that
the great project by which the river
Shannon has been harnessed will be
ready for service not later than the
early part of 1929. He described
how the system of national supply
of electricity will benefit poor and
rich alike.
ut should eventually do a great
deal to brighten and make easy the
lives of working people," Mr.. Murphy
said. ''As for the cost, l think meth
DDS can be found to bring that within
the reach of the poorest. I believe
the day will come when we shall be
able to use electricity in Ireland in
the same way we use water, an ar
ticle of ordinary daily use, the cost
of which bears no proportion to the
amount consumed"
On being asked whether the scheme
would be a commercial success, Mr.
Murphy replied:
''It will be operated for the people,
by the people - naturalization
scheme, and there cannot therefore
be any question of profit or loss. The
costs must square with the price paid
by the people. The more electricity
there is used, the cheaper the current
will be.
eve have the power to take over
every other electricity concern in the
free state, and we can now also con-
troll the rights of local authorities to
raise loans to extend their electric
plants. The position now is that the
people of Ireland control, or rather
will control, all their own heating,
lighting and fuel consumption. Com
mercial development must greatly
benefit as a result"
The government of the Irish Free